Finally this past week I have gotten a few “new” clay pieces finished and ready for my photographer to see! I can’t wait to share it with all of my customers!

I had gotten a strange shipment of clay, much redder than my original batch…apparently it was close to the last batch and my recipe got tainted with the previous batch! Well when I high fired my clay everything came out deep dark brown! Oh pooh! But all is right now and the place I buy clay fixed me right up, Clayworks in  Baltimore, thanks for their quick response!

years ago I had clay school and I posted a sign in the window that I did baby hand prints…Mothers had told me stories of getting the clay that dries on it’s own and how they finally get the kids in the mood to participate and by the time the kid got there the clay was hard!

I’ll have a couple of slabs of clay ready, cut in a tile shape, I have a few little stamp letters so we can name the baby and maybe put the date or whatever the parent wants. You have to really press the baby’s hand down into the clay and usually the baby gets pretty angry at having their hand smashed in clay…I let the parents handle that part!

one time I thought it would be neat to have my dog prints too….every body got mad at me for smashing their paw and would speak to me the rest of the day!!!!

Freddie

Let me introduce you to one of my ‘live critters’.. Fred.

I’m so proud of Teresa’s accomplishments – as an artist and as a human being. She is courageous and extraordinarily strong.

I think you’ll enjoy having her share her thoughts and the scuttlebutt she hears from her critters in the studio. It won’ t be long before you hear a bit of studio scuttlebutt from her frogs, turtles, escargot and even a leaf or two! Enjoy!