Creating ceramic heirloom pieces.

 For a friend's daughter's wedding, I incorporated a couple of 

vintage doilies, made by her grandmother, into ceramic vases. 

Carefully dipping the vintage lace into clay slip and draping it creatively

 onto the wet form, before kiln firing.

 

    

I love how the lace looks like it is still cotton, 

even after it has been fired.

You need to touch it to realize the difference.

Another fun experiment using a vintage appliqué

on a vase form.

And now her daughter has an heirloom piece that 

she might actually use, considering that she is not fond of doilies on dressers!

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Fishnet with seashells pitcher

This lovely came about when a girlfriend gifted me 

with something new to experiment with.

A cotton steaming cloth that made me think of fish netting.

I dipped it in slip and draped it across a pitcher shape

then added some of my seashell pieces to attach it here and there.

Because the netting was a rather tight weave

 I had to blow out some of the clay 

so it would show off the pattern and design.

Continuing the asymmetrical composition on the opposite side 

with my seashell creations.

YaY, another successful experiment!