The kiln is cooling down and the pieces I want to put in the kiln next are ready to go, so I'm reading a bit during my studio time today. I happen to be reading the book "How to Sell Your Way Through Life" by Napoleon Hill. I've been in the business of doing business all my life, and yet never considered myself a saleswoman until I started attending courses run by Peak Potentials. In them I've learned a new way of looking at sales - namely that … [Read more...]
This bowl came out of the kiln this morning. I used a copper mesh flourish in the center of this bowl and it echoes the shape of the heart very nicely. The bottom layer of glass is a cranberry red, white, and light pink streaky glass and the top sheet has dark green stringers laid into it. I like the way a few of the stringers wound up over the copper flourish because it gives the bowl more depth. If you're interested in purchasing this … [Read more...]
While I've already posted the Joy plate in a previous blog entry, I did want to show the next three in the series: Spirit, Love, and Service. Unfortunately, the Wealth plate didn't turn out quite as well as I had hoped for. There were huge bubbles over the coins that I used instead of cutting copper mesh shapes for this plate. I'm hoping to patch up the blank by refiring it so that I can still use it, but we'll have to see on that … [Read more...]
