Over the last few weeks I have been playing around with some porcelain clay for fun. I even tried using the wheel for the very first time, which was a bit scary but also quite good fun. It's so difficult! I watched a few Youtube clips and had a go. There were quite a few disasters, but I made two pieces which I kept - the yellow plate (this was in regular clay) and the small white porcelain bowl. As you can see from the photographs, I like yellow....I like yellow a lot!
For most of the porcelain (everything except the decorations) I glazed with a clear glaze. I am planning to give these out as little Christmas gifts this year, but I might also keep one or two things for me.
These are my Christmas decorations this year! I decided to stick to only hearts. This year I invested in a few new doilies for rolling and pressing into the surfaces....
All strung up and ready to be hung....
I also had a go at making some spoons in the porcelain. They are very wonky but I have realised that I rather like spoons lately. I am always drawn to spoons and markets and in shops. Don't know why, but I just like them.
This is one of the smaller dishes that I made. They are most definitely not perfect, but kind of cute in my opinion....
This is my first attempt on the wheel. It has a VERY heavy base, but I am thinking I could use it for dips/olives/salt or something pretty.
You can see all the different doily patterns here....
Here are some making shots....
For the bowls, I slumped them onto metal cooking dishes when air drying...
I also stamped in my surname onto the bottom of some, with a stamp kit...I kind of like this!
