The forest is full of ferns now. I cut only one frond and not the top one to protect them for next year. I also cut a few sumac leaves and a feathery weed I used in the first tile. I made trays and tiles using the leaves as a resist with stains and slips. The reddish brown colored ones are made with the Florida clay slip.
Gary called the last one cosmic leaf. Hope you're having a good weekend.
I'd wondered how that was done. The fern motif is a favorite...it's so whispery. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThe photos my friend took at the shop came out really good (on phone camera)...rather like the ones on her site. However, I'm quite sure you didn't receive my e-mail because I tried to e-mail them to you and you weren't in the system (as it records all addresses when mail is sent.) If you send me your e-mail address, I'll forward them. kittiehoward@gmail.com Or, you might have enough info from the site. Don't know.
Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteHi Kittie, thanks, I like using the native plant material, now I am half wishing I had made some wall plaques too. You should be able to get my email at the top of the blog; I sent you an email; thanks ever so much for checking into this for me.
ReplyDeleteHi Laura, thanks for visiting, glad you like the leaf resist pieces.
I really like the ones with the red/brown Florida slip on them.
ReplyDeleteHi Dennis, thanks, that Florida clay slip turns a dark brown, I kind of wish it stayed the reddish color. I may have to get a little clay to make some slip which does stay that nice reddish color. Maybe some of that slip from your neck of the woods which I never got any of? No real stains mimic the natural color of the earth quite as nice as the real thing.
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Aren't you clever. I really like those.
ReplyDeleteHi Patti, thanks, I can't duplicate the leaves better than mother nature can that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I sent the pics but the e-mail was returned to me as 'undeliverable' with a long error number. This is waaaay above my pay grade. I'll give Judy a holler tomorrow to see if she can send - look for a long nunber (from her cell phone).
ReplyDeletei really like the ferns... we are on the same wavelength this week. last night i was finishing up some pots with leaves and white slip.
ReplyDeletenow that i am thinking about it, i haven't seen ferns growing in the yard around here.
Gary could have called it "Cosmic re-leaf"
ReplyDeleteNice!
ReplyDeleteHi Michele, thanks, these ferns are in the two lots next door to us that hasn't been disturbed by construction, look in some wood nearby and see if you have some growing there.
ReplyDeleteHi Lori, thanks, I'll tell Gary what you said he will get a hoot out of it, just as I did, thanks te he.
Hi Patricia, thanks so much, hope you are having a great weekend, some friends of ours in Cambria said the winds have been blowing there terribly.
ReplyDeleteLinda, your work is amazing as usually. I loved the cosmic leaf:-)
ReplyDeleteHi Erena, thanks, it kind of reminds me of what a fern might see at night if it was looking up into the sky with shooting stars and other galaxies.
ReplyDeleteThose are GREAT Linda!! I love using ferns and leaves in work :o) I liked doing pressings, then fired and would do a wash leaving the glaze in the recesses -I even tried using glass frit in the hollowed out areas too -fun.
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, thanks, you mentioned glass frit before, is the frit better to work with than just regular glass?
ReplyDeleteHi Marguerite, thanks, I've been using real leaves for quite some time, I love the delicate shape of fern leaves and they are real popular.
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