Get Your Stockings Out For Christmas

Here is my unframed and unfinished entry for SpaceCraft's "Get you stocking out for Christmas". The Idea is that the Stocking represents you and your practice, so I have placed some of my favourite tools in mine that I use on a day to day basis. I hope you like it it's meant to be fun!. I've sandblasted back some blue flashed glass and fire polished it in the kiln

Spacecraft Christmas Exhibition

I have been busy making some things for SpaceCrafts Christmas exhibition these include some angels and stars for festive forest which are decorated miniature christmas trees. I'm also submitting a couple of other things to the exhibition. So fingers crossed they will be finished in time. One piece still needs framing and the other one is still in the kiln. The deadline is 4.30 pm tomorrow!

St George's Sunday Market

I have taken the plunge and taken a stall at St George's Sunday Market in Belfast. It's only as a casual trader so means getting up at the crack of dawn every Sunday morning to queue outside the market for a space. Luckily it hasn't been to cold the last two Sundays, but the queue of people looking for spaces is getting longer. Maybe I should take my bed next week.

Jasmine's Hand & Foot Prints

I'm quite please with the results. I needed to uses a bit more glass in a few of them & also I have got different results from the different glasses I have used. Also the way the glass has been placed in the mould has had an effect. So lots to learn, but the firing cycle was good for the bullseye glass but needs to be higher for artista. I love the bottom two casts the best. One uses course clear frit and the other light plum bullseye glass. Now to see what I do with them next.......

Ready for Firing

Here are a few of the moulds of Jasmine's hand & footprints with the glass added ready to fire in the kiln. I have used a few different types of glass to see the different effects I might get. I can't wait to see the results I get.

Moulds Are Made

I finally got time to make the moulds to cast Jasmine's hand & footprints. I just need to allow them to dry for a while before firing in the kiln. Then I can place the glass in them and fire them in the kiln. Watch this space!

Jasmine's Hand & Foot Prints

I took the opportunity to take some imprints of Jasmines hand & footprints when I was over in Wales. Watch this space to see what I do with them.