Clay Roulettes Redux
Clay Roulettes
Several weeks ago, I participated in a stamp exchange with other members of the Etsy Mud Team. Swaps are fun – you just never know what you’re going to get in return. I was pretty happy with the ones I received, but didn’t know how the recipients of my stamps/roulettes had used the ones I sent. Yesterday, the recipient of one of my roulettes, shared some photos of work she has made using a roulette (left one in photo above) I posted last month. Lisa has really integrated the roulette into her work nicely – take a look at the photos below:
Platter using roulette for the rim – Photo courtesy of Lapella Pottery
Pen pillow – my personal favorite! Photo courtesy of Lapella Pottery
In my opinion, Lisa and her hubby, Alex, are Etsy success stories – they’re really selling a lot of pottery online. So go on, check out their awesome hand built and wheel thrown work in their Etsy Shop.
But, let’s not stop here…what happens when a clay roulette is “super sized”?
Tire roulette
This site was brought to my attention by another fellow Etsy Mud Team Member – pretty dang cool, huh?
Meanwhile, I had hoped to do a ^04 decal firing this afternoon, but it just didn’t happen. I’ll start the kiln early tomorrow morning – I’m going to bed as soon as the bread is done baking, hence the late (for me) night post.
~Cynthia
Lynette
April 28, 2009 at 10:19 pm //
Cyn, I really like that pen pillow and the platter and that tire clay roulette is super looking! Yum, did you mention freshly baked bread, that sounds delicious!
Cynthia
April 29, 2009 at 5:51 am //
I think the pen pillow is pretty cool – I never would have thought of this project! Yep – baking bread – I started making it last fall and now my family won’t eat anything else. It’s so easy and I don’t even have to think about the recipe anymore because I’ve made it so many times now.
Lisa LaPella
April 29, 2009 at 3:25 am //
Cynthia, thanks so much for the mention! We just love the stamps you sent us and are so grateful for this fun way to collaborate. We are stamp people as it is, so this exchange really suited us. By the way, that other roulette… I am definitely covetous!
Cynthia
April 29, 2009 at 5:52 am //
Lisa – love your new work! Maybe I should make some more stamps…hmmm.
patricia griffin
April 29, 2009 at 6:17 am //
Pen pillow! Wow, I never thought of that. Cool idea. Your post reminds me of a “Stamp Party” one of my pottery pals used to do. We’d all bring stuff to her studio and a gang of us would have a delightful time sharing the goodies we brought to make stamps. At the end of the day, we’d have tons made — and a great time!
Cynthia
April 29, 2009 at 6:33 am //
That would be a lot of fun, Patricia! Sounds like a great idea for a summer party with some of my local pottery pals….
jim
April 29, 2009 at 6:51 am //
wow… i love that carved tire (and the ones on the site with mayan glyph-ish carvings), i wonder if michelen would consider a line like that?
Cynthia
April 29, 2009 at 8:28 am //
LB
April 29, 2009 at 7:53 am //
Just wondering, have you ever sold beads in your Etsy shop?
Cynthia
April 29, 2009 at 8:28 am //
I haven’t – but I am considering doing some colored porcelain ones this summer – something I don’t have to glaze necessarily because at ^6 it’s too hot and I have a lot of issues during firing.
Linda Starr
April 29, 2009 at 8:28 am //
Love the pen pillow, beautiful work and roulettes are a great idea too. I think the supersized tire is cool – I think anything supersized in clay is really something. Thanks for a great post.
Cynthia
April 29, 2009 at 8:29 am //
Thanks Linda – Lisa does nice work! I’m not sure the artist uses the tires as roulettes – but rather installations – but very innovative, don’t you think??
Mary T.
April 29, 2009 at 2:39 pm //
The pen pillow has to be a favorite of everyone I’d think. What a cute idea!
Cynthia
April 30, 2009 at 6:35 am //
I think so too!