Here are the results from my tests with melting glass beads into clay. Definitely something I am going to keep going with. I think they would look better if I melted the beads into white clay as the terracotta obscures the colour of the glass. I used small seed beads in blue, rainbow and purple. … [Read more…]
Well, here it is…yay! The Clay Hen website is launched. Hope you like my range of handcrafted ceramic beads, earrings, bead sets and cabochons. Please let me know if you would like to buy my beads or earrings in larger quantities or if there are any issues with purchasing any of my products.
I was watching a program about how the Egyptians built the Pyramids the other night and was inspired to create some beads in the shape of said Pyramids….not quite as big as the originals and with a little more colour. Here they are after being painted with underglaze.
Finally after 12 years…I think it has been that long, I have set up a small pottery studio in Cobargo on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. I attended, a kumihimo cord workshop, at a bead shop in Cobargo. While I was there one of the owners suggested I make some ceramic beads. I thought, wow … [Read more…]