Saturday, February 23, 2013

New Obsessions

clay.....
well, it's not exactly new for me. Right after undergrad, back in the late 80's, I spent four years going to ceramics class two nights a week through extended ed at our local community college. LOVED it.
But once the metal/jewelry bug began I only rarely busted out the stoneware, until now! I recently became enamored of some of the etsy shops I see that have AWESOME clay

http://www.etsy.com/shop/jdaviesreazor


http://www.etsy.com/shop/ChelleV2


http://www.etsy.com/shop/TinasBeadMind



http://www.etsy.com/shop/greybirdstudio



http://www.etsy.com/shop/HappyFallout

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RaggedRobyn


http://www.etsy.com/shop/vLaDtHeBaT



http://www.etsy.com/shop/ScorchedEarthonEtsy



http://www.etsy.com/shop/gabriel


I just can't say enough how I adore all these Etsy shops! So I went out and bought myself a couple of different clays. A terra cotta red and a dark chocolate stoneware. I've been making beads and here they are!


I realized in the process of giving them their patinas that colors were all around me in my workroom, some yarns I've yet to make anything of and journal pages from this past fall: