Thursday, 30 September 2010

Me…Nervous?… Maybe just a little ... Ok Ok lots!

Can I just say a big thank you to everyone who attended the trade day at Country Love Ceramics on Monday, It was quite a nerve racking experience for me but you were all so kind and really helped put me at ease.
I have only been experimenting with stamping onto pottery for a short while and having to demonstrate this to people who do it as a business?? Yikes!!!  I literally had no idea what to expect and honestly thought you would all look at my samples and know exactly which techniques and materials I had used, but to my surprise that was not the case.
I fully understand now that for many of you it was information overload, so as promised I will post some of my techniques up here on the blog next week.

Moving away from ceramic glazes for a while and getting back to my old love of Mixed Media has been a fantastic experience, I am now completely hooked.
After spending an afternoon with the lovely Lindsay Mason who taught me so much about inks and stamping techniques in the few hours we had has made me want to go shopping this weekend to buy more inks and stamps to experiment with!….Thank you Lindsay for helping me spend my money :).
Also a big thank you to Paula Pascual  who was so kind and helpful throughout the event.
Here are a few of the pottery Items from the day, I will post more next week.

Andy

Gesso

























Acrylic and Stazon ink
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Distress Inks
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Image Transfer and Stazon Ink







Acrylic and Versa Ink


Sunday, 19 September 2010

Decoart Traditions

Today I decided to take a break from bisque to continue working on a canvas that I started a while back using Decoart Traditions acrylic paint.
Most of the background is now in place and I can start adding the finer detail. It has been great to get a chance to put brush to canvas once again.

Saturday, 18 September 2010

Glass Paint

 This 6" x 6" bisque tile has first had a coat of Americana Warm White to seal. It was then decorated with Americana Glass Stains and Americana Writers.
















Decoart Glass Stains work great on top of stamped bisque.
I have applied one coat of orange glass stain to give it a
new dimention.


Before

 After

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More Glass paint below... Can you spot the mistake? D'oh!
I NEED MORE STAMPS!...Donations anyone? :)