There were tombstone pendants and Mourning Rings too

Some were imprinted with living plants then filled with black  glaze and overglazed with clear  and some contained the actual plants in a dried and pressed state. The  firing out kiln process worked great so long as paperclay and glaze right thickness. (Just trial and error that)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sometimes the Mourning Brooches looked like.... 4 examples

or this
or this or this

                                 

 but not so blurry

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Merry Christmas to you

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas

 

 

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And then there were these Jewellery for the wall? or for the soul Soul brooches for the eye, the window to the soul

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We all have our own crosses to discover

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My cross comes from my identity and manifested itself in these brooches made from fired glazed ceramic clay and paper does anyone want to know how they were made?

see below for further details.


Firstly learn to slice white clay as thin as you can rolling it out makes it curl.

While base between 2 &4mm thick is still damp dip your materials in a mixture of a quarter recycled white paper shredded and mixed with 3 quarters white clay

Like this BELOW
Dry for several days
Bisque at 1100 degrees
glaze with clear ceramic glaze
Dries in an hour or two
Refire 15 hours at 1200 degrees
 transformation !




Not finished yet
Smoth base on diamond stone grinder. It's very hard even though brittle

I used sandblasting to grind out even indents to adhere the little silver fittings I cut and soldered for brooch pins







two part epoxy glue took 3 days to set but not one out 10 pulled out when I put in brooch pin backs even double ones and that's a great test.

Remember studying Again

 Remember studying again ? well
This Friday after one years study , a gap of two years and then back (when circumstances allowed) for another two years I step up there to be capped  gaining  Bachelor of Visual Arts tertiary degree courtesy of the Dunedin School of Art. Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
It has taken me a long time to get to doing my degree, it has been a wonderful experience.
 I never thought I would ever do this. I didn't even know I wanted to, til I reached out there and started extending myself  learning new things.  Maybe we're here to make the best use that we can of this life so  Don't put off your Dreams aim for the stars even if you only hit the Moon, it's a terrific ride to take.

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Mustn't forget these stages of process

 The Kilns

After 15 hours

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Jewellery for the Dead - Paper and Clay ceramics Process

                                                
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