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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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.

Jewellery for the Dead - Paper and Clay ceramics Process

                                                
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Would You ever guess that this

was made from this? Although I did wait until flowering and seeding had finished before using the

dried head. Dipped in a mixture of paper and clay, gazed and fired for 15 hours at 1200 degrees. Part of my final work for Bachelor of Visual Arts Dunedin School of Art (NZ)      
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'the days of man" SITE Exhibition Dunedin School of Art 2013

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