Tia Made

"He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not"

Greetings and Salutations!!!!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I've been dealing with some pretty intense medical issues : (
As the TITLE implies I've been working on a few clay projects and haven't finished ANY of them yet....
That's the frustrationg part of EDS that I ABSOLUTELY HATE!!!!!!! I never know from one day to the next and many days one hour to the next what part of my body is going to "act up" OR decide it wants attention through EXCRUTIATING pain... yes, this is a mini-pity party...over and done with...sorry!!!
Anywho....
Here's some pics of my works in progress...don't expect much : )

This is a method of clay pot making that has been used for THOUSANDS of years : ) You start with a coil pot, much like the ones we made in Grade School...smooth them out and then do what you will...The leaves are a top that lifts off so that you could put candy or Autumnal Treasures within it's fruit-like formation : )
MANY of these leaves came from ACTUAL pumpkin leaves from our very own Pumpkin Patch in our back yard : )  I made a mold of the real leaves so that myself and others in the future could use them LLLLOOONNNGGG after they real leaves are gone : )
My wonderful teacher, MIKKI hudgins, @ MANASSAS CLAY (Old Town Manassas), calmly helped me cr8 this interesting pumpkin : ) She has the patience of a SAINT : )
Please take care and God bless!!!
Luv, hugz, & blessings,  tia : )

Not Quite Finished...Cross Your Fingers for the Glazing Process....

I was making it for the Uber-Lovin' Hubby's cooking utensils (mine too, I'll have you know)...
He wanted something to reflect the kitchen's theme: FISHING...so, I came up with an even better idea..Gregory is a devout Christian and a devout Fisherman so I utilized BOTH of these with the "Christ Fish" along with another artist's rendition of this and voila!
By the way, the "Angelic Christ-Fish" isn't my own design... I don't know whose it is, but to whomever created this, thanks!!!! (If you do know who did it, I'd LOVE to give her/him credit for it)
Please take care and God bless!!!
tia : )

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Faith,Hope,Love...&the greatest of these is Love (1Cor 13:13) I free-hand carved the cursive lettering and created the "bevel-edging" by utilizing a bead reamer. The original height of the pot was 2-3" higher but in the decorating processes and it being picked up as green-ware the edges literally and sickeningly snapped off chunks at a time : ( 1Cor 13:13 This mis-shapened heart was originally much like the "LOVE" word above...while carving it out, the green-ware gave  way and snapped off TWICE : (  The designs are all my own. I quite literally doodled these interior hearts while sitting at the kitchen table while our son was doing his homework and I was filling the time between beseechings of "Help Me Please,Mama!" Thanks for looking! Please take care and God bless!!! : ) \

I threw this pot with nothing particular in mind for the decorating...this sort of just popped into my head, as do most of my creations...I can envision them and then try to replicate what's in my "Mind's Eye" 
I free-handed the carving of the hearts with the cursive words... this is MY OWN DESIGN.. it was nearing Valentine's Day  and LOVE was on the brain : )
I painted this with underglazes on a green, leather-hard, low grog, Miller 80? clay...
I didn't glaze the outside as I was trepidacious that the colors might run and ruin the precise lines and cursive wording...
I ABSOLUTELY DETEST how the interior red glazing came out..oh well...can't win them all, I guess...
Unbeknownst to me at the time when I carved the hearts around the base, there are 13 of them ...
The quote is from 1Corinthians 13:13... wild, huh???
The Lord works in mysterious ways ;  )
Thanks 4 looking!!! Take care and God bless, tia : )

This was my first project from my first hand building class that I have just recently completed...what a delightfully challenging adventure with a terrific teacher!!! : ) 
I used a low grog clay Miller 80, I think and glazed it with Chun Celadon...
My first attempt was an abyssmal failure as I forgot to slip and score past the bottom few layers thus ending up with 3 hours worth of pieces : (  I could've cried!!! But we all are in agreement that this 2nd attempt was a much better result because of it : )
Thanks 4 looking!!! Take care and God bless, tia : )

For Teacher Appreciation Week, Jaxsun and I went through all of my CRICUT cartridges to find a "cool" card and envelope to adequately express how much he enjoyed being taught by them : )
I have NEVER been one to just cut these out, glue them together and give them out...nooo...it's gotta be the best I can make it, even staying up ALL NIGHT LONG to finish them, NO JOKE!!!
Jaxsun picked out the colors and how he wanted them combined and here's the final result!!! : )


Here's the inside of the card as well...

This is my baby brother, DUG...he set up this blog for me, as well as, THE DRUGGIST...
Aren't I one lucky sister?!?  : )  
He is also ABSOLUTELY LOVED and ADORED by his only nephew, our son, Jaxsun  : ) 
So, a MILLION THANKS, again, for setting all this up for little 'ol me (or not so little for ONLY the time being) and thanks for being the best brother a sister could ask for ; )

Our son, Jaxsun, saw a Frog House in a catalog that was fairly expensive. I told him when I saw it, "Oh, I could do that..."Shouldn't have opened my big mouth..."Momma, will you make me a Frog House for the cool lookin' frogs and toads on the front porch at night?"
I took one of the pots I threw in my Clay Class and set about creating a "Toad Abode"
It's almost finished....
Take care and God bless,  tia : )