clay: holiday ornaments

Last year I made star ornaments with the word Christmas on them in various languages, which didn’t sell as much as I thought they would at my December ceramics sale last year, and so I had a bunch to get rid of this year. My niece saw them and wants to buy them. Sigh. My timing is always off. At clay club, I thought I was going to pour some plaster, make another plate mold and maybe even make a plate. Nope.      

I painted white underglaze because the fired stoneware clay body is more yellow than white. If I make more next week, I’ll make stars with the texts, “silent night” and “holy night” as well some more of these secular holiday greetings.