Porcelain buttons

A while ago I made some porcelain buttons from impressed clay.  I then coloured them using underglaze colours before having a clear glaze on top.  I love the way the colour is darker in the impressed parts of the clay as it gives them more of a tonal look.

Porcelain heart, flower and circle button

Porcelain heart buttons

Close up of buttons

I've made some more which are ready to go in the kiln - this time I'm going to leave them plain to see how they look.

Plant pots

Well I finally got out into my workshop today as the temperature rose to a balmy 9 degrees!  I've started work on some plant pots in stoneware for a friend of mine who owns a gorgeous florist shop in Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire (3 Wishes Florist). Hopefully I've got the sizes right and the potted plants will fit inside them nicely - fingers crossed..... The photo below is when they were literally just off the wheel so they will need to dry out, be biscuit fired, glazed and re-fired. 

It was certainly good to be getting my hands covered in clay again :-).

Plant pots just off the wheel