Namaste Ya'll

Here are some glazing process photos- basically what I've been slowly working on all week.

 Mugs awaiting clear glaze and then birds and butterflys and foxes will be added.

This bird decal will be added on the fly free mug to give it a lift.

Here I've added some orange glaze to give a pop of color under the butterfly decal.

This Namaste mug won't get a decal...but it is hand-painted with glaze in a watercolor like effect on both sides. The inside of the mug is rimmed with lavender and red in a painterly style with no crisp edges. I love the idea of Namaste - roughly translated to -"the spirit in me greets the spirit in you". It makes me want to do yoga in a room with large picture windows overlooking nature and then sipping chai tea in bliss when I'm done :)

New mugs

So I finished firing those mugs I wrote about last week. They came out good...but now I am considering adding gold to them, and other mugs I do.

I glaze fired them, then applied the decals and fired them again at a lower temperature. I am really loving the decals! 

Detail on back of owl mug...because you never know which hand you'll be using! I find that I drink more with my left hand now that I'm feeding the baby with my right.

This bird is super cute to me- he's just chillin' :)

I also love putting little details on the inside because it is nice to see when your beverage is getting low, or when you are washing the dishes.

 

Easy Tiger! I planned on 3 but they were smaller than I thought so I added a fourth one.

As always, you can purchase these items in my Etsy shop TinyHappyClay.etsy.com

Ceramic Decal Love

Happy Friday!

Here are some new mugs I fired...my first attempt at waterslide decals.

I love them! I hand painted some details on the inside and back and fired them. Then I applied the decals and fired them again at a lower temp. I'm looking forward to more experimentation!