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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Purple Invades D2E
Here’s a peek at a few of the girls from Trinity Lutheran School‘s Troop 31:26 as they visited the DowntoEarthenware studio. A few days ago a quick mention was made of them, but now we have pictures to share as well. These young ladies were on a mission to make surprise Christmas gifts for their families. They worked diligently and certainly enjoyed the fact that they got to keep a secret from their parents!
The girls learned various clay skills related to hand-building.
Each young lady had her own canvas workspace where she applied texture, cut her clay and then molded her piece.
The pieces have been fired and they are fabulous! The girls will be so pleased with the results of their hard work as they proudly present them to their families.
In just a few weeks we will post an update revealing the finished products, but for now the mystery remains!
Like a Kid on Christmas Morning!
Saturday we took a family trip to Krueger Pottery in St. Louis. Ryan is great to work with and he graciously tolerated the chaos that our brood of five little ones created in his store. He offers a wide variety of tools, glazes, equipment, embellishments, and if there’s something you’re seeking that he doesn’t carry he can certainly order for you! They even offer kid and adult classes in their studio!
One of our goals was to find a few new glazes that would work well with the newly created Nativities. We settled on three: Aqua, Spring Green and Celadon.
Sunday provided the opportunity to glaze the pieces and start the kiln, but that brings us to the worst part…waiting anxiously for the firing to finish so we can see the finished product just as a kid anxiously awaits Christmas morning! Monday night at 1100degrees the kiln was cracked for the first peek. Today things had cooled off enough to FINALLY handle the new pieces! The results were pretty exciting.
Medium 3 Piece Nativity in Celedon Glaze. Joseph stands around 4.5″
Medium 3 Piece Nativity in Aqua Glaze.
Medium 3 Piece Nativity in Spring Green Glaze.
Large Nativity in Aqua Glaze – Nativity is around 6″-7″ tall
Large Nativity in Celedon Glaze
Large Nativity in Holly’s Gold Glaze
Large Nativity in Spring Green Glaze
What do you think? We would love to hear your feedback. For pricing you can check out our FaceBook page. Nativities are being offered to Facebook fans before putting them on our Etsy shop.
Guest Artists
DowntoEarthenware hosted 17 little girls from Trinity Lutheran School‘s Troop 31:26 this afternoon. Their mission? Operation Christmas Secret. These 17 young ladies worked diligently as they crafted adorably unique Christmas gifts for their families. Unfortunately I am unable to share pictures of their creations at this time because the girls are determined to keep their families unaware. What a fun afternoon teaching technique and watching their excitement and eagerness. Sometime in mid-December the pictures of the final products will be shared.
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