Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas day pumpkin pie

Pumpkin pie, made with fresh Long Island Cheese pumpkin.  Topped with candied, bourbon walnuts.
We had a big snow storm, so couldn't get to a grocer to buy regular pie crust....so this pie got a graham cracker crust. 

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

bronze green ware

My bronze clay mixture...in the green stage.
Been experimenting with compounding my own formula for metal clays.  
Crossing my fingers these come out .
Firing up the kiln tonight.....stay tuned.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Exquisite bead work



Can I ever have too many bags?????...no, absolutely not. This little bag is in mint condition. cannot imagine the patience it took to had sew on eery single seed bead. I won it last year at the auction benefit for "Meals on Wheels" in Asheville.

METAL CLAY SAFETY

Kate McKinnon's guidelines for metal clay safety.