clay: christmas ufos (un-finished objects) for 2026

First, let's hear it for these trees which are finished because I finally photographed after their final firing.

 

And really these trees were test tiles to see which glaze combination would look the greenest...and so I'm loving this one.

 

 And I've had these wooden houses a few years now. I painted one a few weeks ago and disliked it. I know now I'll only paint the Xmas wreath or lights and let the ornament remain unfinished wood. 

 

And here's to ceramic houses I saw in Temecula on Black Friday, which I now want to create. Perhaps on this winter solstice, I will construct templates. Should I re-create them in the Frost Porcelain I have left or perhaps buy a bag of BMix Smooth?

And I'm thinking no to the little ceramic houses to the right below that are not as spare looking--so no dormers, no porticos, no roofs with eaves, nor chimneys that are not just a hole or slit in a peaked roof.

This seashell form I made is bisque, but really I want to make a clay bisque mold of the seashell so that the ridges of are outside, not inside and then play with pink and coral glazes to mimic the interior of a seashell.

I saw this teapot finally on the bisque shelf, and so yesterday I adhered black underglaze into the leaf textures.

I then poured  True Celadon into its interior. I put it back on the bisque shelf to let all the water evaporate. The pot fits into the 5-gallon bucket, and so today I'll dip it into that fresh batch of True Celadon. I know I want to brush Floating Green on the spout and lid. I'll likely thin some Juicy Fruit and Peppermint Creme to splatter with a brush all over the interior.

Remember these trees which I finished just after the thanksgiving holiday? Before the Xmas holiday, I adhered all the green underglazes in the studio...

 

...and then dipped in True Celadon with splatters of other overglazes. Maybe they'll get fired in February because of their height.

While looking for templates for houses, I saw this candleholder online. Oh! Again I'm thinking of modern house profiles (one house, a tree, and then a multi-dwelling residence) to make this brass candleholder but in porcelain or white stoneware clay.

Holiday Suburb Candle Holder will be my concept.