WIP - Three Weeks Ago

All these faces of people deeply relieved I saw on TV in the last two days say a lot about US-American politics and I'm glad that for the first time in my lifetime the USA seems to get a President who has brains and I dare say a heart.

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Here's the first batch of work in progress pictures of my time of blogging absence. I made these items more than three weeks ago and most of them are finished by now.

Some odd vessels.

My Christmas ornaments and my little tree glazed and filled with glass.
I used glass beads on the ornaments. I just couldn't resist when I saw the beads on a sale. So many colour possibilities!

Small bowls glazed and filled with glass. I collected the blue shards of a smashed bottle on the street and carried them home like a treasure because I was so excited that I had found so beautiful blue glass.

The Snail Plate and the Folded Pot

These were finished ages ago so it's about time I finally show them to the world. Here's the snail plate:


On the plate is a pretty herb I found at the field where I held my photo session. It's called Taubenkropf-Leimkraut in German. You can see the seeds in the pod.

This is my folded pot. I unintentionally made the walls very, very thin, which makes it even more fabric-like. I'm really proud of this one.

I'm back

It was very foggy and cold all day long, an examplary November day, so I start with a picture of a glorious golden autumn day to make me feel warmer.

I was busy crafting and have a lot of pictures of my work in progress I have to sort through, so some updates will follow soon.

Google is watching you

I wasn't aware that Google is even filming the streets of small East German villages until I saw it with my own eyes.


On another note: I was sick and I'm having computer problems, but I hope to catch up on blogging quite soon.

It's Autumn

October so far was rather dedicated to family time than crafting or blogging and I had no time to go to my class last week.

The week before my clay leaves got their coat of glaze, I poked through most of the holes of my vase with a needle to get the glaze out before it goes into the kiln and I made more glass and glaze tests. My fellow claymate Marion gave me blue and and very beautiful red shards of glass from a broken tumbler.

I also made these Christmas ornaments at home (although I'm not too fond of this feast) to make more experiments with glass that I can melt into the indentations.