Of course, a by-product of all that experimentation has been a proliferation of pendants taking up valuable office space. For the past several months, I've sold a few pendants to people who love to make their own jewelry pieces but, over the past week or so, I caught the bug. For some reason, I've been compelled to take some of these (many) pendants and finally finish them into necklaces.
I wanted to share a few samples:
At right: Karen's Favorite
Clay body: Standard Raku
Glaze: Coyote Ice Blue
Beads: Assorted glass, shell, pearls and metal
Length: approximately 36"
Current location: Around my neck!
Below: A grouping featuring Standard 266 Dark Brown clay with Coyote Ice Blue glaze. The second from left includes a shot of Coyote's Really Red--an amazing, bold cone 6 red like no other. The two pieces at left were made with an assortment of glass beads and shells. The one at right is made entirely of wooden beads and shells.
Below: A pair of pendants that resemble lichens! Linda Sweeney purchased Ohio Slip, while attending a workshop earlier this year and invited Mike and I to experiment. These pieces were made of Highwater Little Loafers. Ohio Slip served as the base glaze (brushed on), then I dipped each into Coyote White Crawl Glaze. I purposely kept the glaze on the pendant at left very thick and removed some of the glaze from the pendant at right. The brown of the Ohio Slip leached into the white crawl, adding a wonderful, organic quality to the finished, crackle appearance. That was a fun experiment! Next up: I have 16 pieces made of Laguna B-3 Dark Brown clay and will be testing some of the same glazes as the ones shown here. I'll share results soon!
