About the time I learned the theme for this month's Art Elements blog hop: Holiday Creations, I was planning to make a set of kitty cat themed ornaments for a tree for our aging cat. We have ...
This is my first time participating in an Art Elements Blog Hop . I was intrigued by the theme of foliage since that has been my theme for most of the years I have been making ceramic bead...
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I have decided to enter the #The100DayProject this year and it begins today April 2, 2019 My reason for doing this is I know that visiting my muse daily will bring surprise, frustration,...
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Not too long ago I came across a package of beads deeply hidden in my stash. I had purchased them at least 10 years ago in Freeport, Maine at The Beadin' Path, a wonderful bead store that is no...
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My most recent work is creating dark blue stoneware ceramic pendants. Not so easy as it is a mix of glazes to get the right color. I love how these came out and I like to call them "The Da...
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Thistle Pendant made from speckled stoneware ceramic clay. It was by chance that I used this speckled clay to make some pendants and toggle clasps with. In fact I did not even really know...
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Mid Range Buff ceramic clay and colored glazes by Mary Harding Jewelry I have been experimenting lately with using colored glazes on a buff stone...
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Ceramic Flowers in Porcelain and Stoneware by Mary Harding It is 5:50 AM and it is already fully light outside, the temperature is almost 50 degrees an...
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Where Did You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple Close up of its book cover Just a few days ago, the Inspired By Reading Book Club had its 4th Birthday. �...
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I have been busy this week making new work and loving working with stoneware and porcelain. For the first time ever, I tried out some underglazes on the toggle clasps seen here. I was so...
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Egon Schiele Field of Flowers I am so excited about this month's inspiration painting on the Art Bead Scene blog that I made this flock of daisy flowers seen below. They are gesture im...
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And the winner of a signed copy of Maya and The Turtle A Korean Fairy Tale is .... Carol Shull Congra...
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DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE GIVEAWAY EXTENDED TO JAN.10, 2017 DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL JAN 10, 2017 Soma Han , the illus...
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Art Bead Scene is having its 6th Annual Ornament Blog Hop today. I have been wanting to make some Christmas Tree ornaments for several years now but just didn't get to them. So this year...
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Toggle Clasp by MaryHardingJewelry Sustainable Weeds Series: Purslane by MaryHardingJewelry Whimsical Ear Wires by MaryHardingJewelry All of the above pieces are in this...
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Photo by Eric Wentling Pitcher Plants Every month Eric Wentling choses a picture to inspire his wife Sarajo . She then shares it with the FB community and asks us to play along with creat...
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Pussy Willow Pendant All of the pieces in this post had color added to them after the iron oxide was applied. Most of them were fired first and then fired a second time with the added colo...
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Thistle Pendant The following is a series of pictures of work I have been doing using an iron oxide stain. Thistle pendant and beads set Maple Seed Wings Pendant Pursl...
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Here is how they came out after being fired this last time. Are you surprised? I know I was even though I know that firings can change a piece a lot. And best of all, I am happily surp...
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Ceramic pendants by Mary Harding Now that winter has actually set in--we are in the middle of a snow storm as I type-- and the...
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Happy Holiday LED Lights Earrings My earrings are dong a Happy Dance for you!! Enjoy your Holidays!! You can see the free tutorial f...
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I am excited that my free form peyote stitch jewelry is being featured as a part of this exhibition. Weather permitting, I will be at the opening on December 2. Can't wait! Details...
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Enjoy 40% percent off everything in my Etsy shop today. Use coupon code CYBER40 at checkout to get your discount.. Sale continues until midnight Monday ET. Thanks so much for stopping...
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I have been wanting to share these pictures here with you since I took them in late October. They are all pictures of flowers in partial decay after a killing frost in October. They a...
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Goldenrod Sky and Dark Brown Maple Lea ves Golden Rod and Drying Milk Weed Garlic from my Garden Drying Rose Hips...
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