- Island earrinngs by betsy3,
- Water nymph by ireneagh,
- Romantica by lunica,
- Hand knitted turquoise sweater by callmemimi
20 maggio 2010
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16 maggio 2010
Etsy moods: Sun and Rain
1 - Candy - bracelet with precious stones and freshwater pearls by mia09 20 USD
2 - Rain Cloud Water Droplets Flower Garden Spring Colorful Cool Graphic LADIES T-shirt by isotope 20 USD
3 - Bright Sunshiny Day by Farouche 30 USD
4 - NAPOLEON by Trotalo 14.50 USD
5 - I wanna be your sun - brooch by nanofactory 17 USD
Etsy Moods are created and chosen by Paola
Etsy: lechouchou.etsy.com
Blog: http://chouchoubijoux.blogspot.com
13 maggio 2010
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10 maggio 2010
Challenge: Like in a movie
Ecco un altro appuntamento con la nostra sfida che questa volta è dedicata al cinema, in occasione del Festival di Cannes!
Wonderful like Marilyn - by Scaccoalleregine
The key to a secret garden, Necklace - by Sumikoshop inspired by "La musica nel cuore"
Paper earrings, a retro fashion drop - by Relydesign inspired by Grace Kelly's earrings
Movie framer, little pouch - by LabSpace
Elisa country tote - by Lunica inspired by Fried green tomatoesDiva backstage - by Mairitales
- convo me your entry (the link of your list on Etsy) at I bijoux dello Stregatto on Etsy.
I can't wait to see your works!!
La primavera e l'estate sono stagioni perfette per celebrare i matrimoni: le giornate sono più lunghe, l'aria è più calda, e ci sono bellissimi fiori per il bouquet!
-devi creare e mettere in vendita nel tuo Etsy shop, un nuovo oggetto, ispirato al tema;
-devi mettere in vendita la tua nuova creazione il 26 Maggio;
-il gioco inizia ora e finisce il 26 Maggio alle ore 22.00;
Non vedo l'ora di vedere i vostri lavori!!
How to make a Pot by Concreta
In this tutorial i will show you how to make a pot with the SLAB METHOD.
What you need is: a rolling pin to stretch out the clay, two small panelist to give the slab a uniform thickness, a knife to cut it out, a pot to be used as a mould, the barbottina (you can find a tutorial in italian on how to make the barbottina following this link http://con-creta.blogspot.com/2010/02/come-preparare-la-barbottina.html ), and obviously a piece of clay.
The pot i've used is one of my creations made with the pottery wheel and not glazed yet, if you have a similar pot it's the perfect choice, or if you use glazed terracotta pots or plastic pots i suggest you to wrap them with cellophane, or the clay will stick too much to the surface and it will be impossible to remove it. The unglazed pot is the best solution cause its porous surface absorbs the humidity of the clay making our job easier.
Let's start stretching out the clay with the help of the rolling pin using the panelists to get a slab of uniform thickness. Then we can cut it out in the desired shape, for this slab i've cut a square.
After that, you must put the slab inside the mould pot and make it adhere to the mould with the help of a wet sponge.
This is just an idea, you can make variations, for example if you want a more "open" pot you can shape the clay using the outside of the flipped pot.
Now it's time to forget about it for a while.
When the clay is a bit dried you can take it off the mould, it's hard to predict how long it takes, the drying process depends first on weather conditions and on the environment we work as well.
I wanted to make this pot with small feet too, and to do this i flipped it and put it on a support. You just need to scratch the clay where you want to place the feet and the feet as well (that are just small balls of clay) so that the barbottina can stick better.
You must let it dry again a bit, then with a brush you can take away the exceeded barbottina.
When the barbottina is dried you can take the pot away from the support, if the edges are too much irregular you can smooth them with a wet sponge… now you can be as creative as you want.
You can draw some decoration scratching it with a twig, you can use some button as small moulds pushing them onto the clay, and if you are brave enough you can make some hole design with a xacto knife.
I chose a simple decoration made with small moulds made by myself.
Once the pot is completely dried before the firing you can still sand it with fine sandpaper to eliminate imperfections, but be careful not to break the clay, at this stage i ruined several pot.
Wish you good creativity!
Tutorial created by Concreta
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Puoi trovare il tutorial in Italiano qui
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