My home at Christmas makes me so happy!
Joy, Merry, and Happy are words that I have all around the house.
The decor is warm white with hints of pretty, soft colors.
I even have some red, but it's a faded tone.
Every year, when I buy a pink poinsettia, I cut the flowers and make bouquets of them with roses to pop into vases instead of leaving them on the plant. But this year, I had made this planter at a ceramic class and was excited to have something to put in it.
I might buy another pink poinsettia to cut flowers from, they are usually only $3 or so for a small one at Walmart.
Some friends were taking a class from a local artist and invited me to come along. I really didn't have time, and have no background in ceramics, but it sounded like such fun, and I'm glad I made time, it really, really was!
It was an interesting class, and was much easier to do than I expected. Our instructor, Jan, had the clay rolled out and ready to go, we took the slab, wrapped it around either a paint can, jar, or cylinder, and then embellished and added to it as we wished.
Jan is also a painter, and had a lovely gallery of her work in the studio.
It was a cheery place to spend the afternoon with good friends.
All of us went for completely different looks. Shanna had taken ceramics at KU, and showed me how she did her great textures, by rolling lace and other odds and ends onto the clay.
I went with a woodland fairy look, so I stepped outside to pick leaves to roll onto the clay like we did the lace.
For the holidays, I'm calling her and elf, not a fairy.
We came back a week later to glaze, and that sure can be a crap
shoot, can't it? I was going for "white velvet" on the base with
metallic gold on the textures.
The gold was more espresso than metallic.
So, I added some Rub'n Buff with my fingertip to accent the veins in the leaves and some of the other areas. I used bronze, silver, and gold. Those helped quite a bit. I've used it
on furniture before, but wouldn't have thought of doing it on a clay
pot. Jan had a selection of colors of it for us to try.
Jan is offering the class again next spring. I plan on being one of the first to sign up to make another head!
It’s awesome — ‘loved having a closer look!
I love the head vase! wow! great job! looks like so much fun!
tot
Thanks, it was one of the most fun projects Ive had in a while, but man, my arm ached the next day!
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Thank you for sharing all the lovely photos of your home, Karla – LOVE the sweetness and festiveness in the whites and pale shades. I’m blown away by the artistry – you said ceramics? Wow! I thought maybe clay – but so beautiful. Thanks again for sharing your precious talent today.
Love getting more enchanting glimpses of your home! Your woodland sprite planter is very cool.
I like how you said you buy a pink poinsettia and then take it apart and combine it with roses to place in various containers.
It’s so nice to see you continuing to be here even during this busy season!
Your talent is always so inspiring!
Karla,
My 1st love was clay, I majored in art & ceramics. Unfortunatly it’s a hard hobby to do at home unless you hand build & fire in a trash can (which I did once until the fire dept. shut me down)Your post has made me want to investigate classes like this, how fun! The woodland elf is wonderful.
Lisa
I can see why you are so happy in your house — it’s just beautiful! Makes me smile all over again!