ceramic & metal

Trying not to break the sawblades

Piercing out the settings in copper....

I'll never be your pizza burning.

I've been making brooches with ceramic textures.

Here are some templates for the backs of the brooches.

Next I have to saw those shapes out of copper for the backings.

I love how they look before they're put together. All those lines poking out will be prongs to hold the ceramic pieces in place. They'll be bent up and over the clay. But I can't help loving how they are right now. They're awkward and pokey and look like a bunch of weird amoeba with cilia.

I've also been making a lot more bracelets,

with more variety in sizes and glazes.

Here they are before firing.

They're going in the kiln tomorrow.

And, of course, no project is complete without "help" from the cat.

This is what happens when she decides to get a little too hands on. Or tail on.

Jess should rename her "Cruella Deville" or "Stacey London".