More fish stamps on clay...

This whimsical piece was created by Karen Fincannon (website: karenfincannon.com store: snarkledark.etsy.com, blog: karenfincannon.blogspot.com) using our leaping fish stamps. She says:

I sold it at an artshow to a man whose last name was Fish. Your stamps work really well in the clay and I look forward to purchasing and using more in the future!

Always great to hear about people's experiences with the stamps and to see what they create with them.

Thank you, Karen!

Fishy Sushi Tray

CeramicsbyMarcelle on Etsy emailed me at the end of April to let me know that she had completed a sushi tray that featured our leaping fish stamp and droplets. I love the colors - now I'm craving wasabi. Click on any of the images to reach the listing.

Leaf stamp on ceramic trivet

Another creation by raquelmasri.etsy.com. She emailed me about it yesterday. She used the large leaf stamp from our Art Nouveau Berries & Leaves stamp set. Click on any image to see the Etsy listing for the trivet.

Add a touch of autumn to your table with this botanical porcelain handmade piece!

Use it to set hot pans, hot drinks,as a candle holder or just by itself as a conversational piece. It can also be used as a focal point on your next mosaic project.

Sculpted, bisqued and glazed. I used a speckled matte tan color for the background and a rich chocolate glaze for the textured leaf.

It is approximately 5 1/2" in diameter.

Sigh - really need to get to a pottery studio and play with clay and stamps myself!

Star Berry Dish

Click on any of the images to see the listing.

raquelmasri on Etsy makes lovely ceramic pieces. She recently created this little dish using the large berry cluster stamp from our Art Nouveau Berries & Leaves stamp set. Then she used one of the single berries to create a little raised berry off to the side.

Very cute!

Measures approximately 4 1/2 inches in diameter. (Shrinks during firing.)

Stamped Dipping Bowls

More lovely work by RedHotPottery on Etsy.

These dipping bowls were stamped with the triskele elements from our current Celtic knotwork stamp set.

Ceramic Celtic knotwork buttons

Click on the images to see the listings for them.

More wonderful stamped clay objects from Willow Tree Designs (adornyourself is her username on Etsy). She used the small triskele stamp from our Fish & Celtic Knotwork stamp sheet.

I just found the listing for these buttons, but they have already sold. She does welcome custom orders, however, and may post more again...

Clay Pendants

Willow Tree Designs (username Adornyourself on Etsy) posted some more pendants made using the fish stamp... You can click each image to get to the listings.

Update 8.16.08: The listings are no longer there - pulled down for some reason. The photo links now lead to larger images on Flickr.

Our Stamps - Clay Pendants

Adornyourself, an Etsy ceramic artist I've mentioned earlier who has some of our stamps, has been making ceramic pendants.

Here is a pendant that has been claimed by her daughter. She used one of the triskele stamps from our Celtic Knotwork Triangles set.

And here is a green pendant she made using one of the bubble stamps from the Leaping Fish stamp set. Click the image to see a larger picture - the listing is no longer on Etsy.

More stamps in clay...

Red Hot Pottery has some more works in ceramics that incorporate our stamps - you can click on the images below to see the listings:

Berry and Leaf Rubber Stamp Set... Almost There

I think I am almost ready to send in the file for the next stamp sheet set, which is based on the images I've been working on (and posting about).

On my Flickr account I've posted other images that I have been working on that will probably feed into the 4th rubber stamp sheet that will be appropriate for use with velvet and clay. Probably more of the nature/leaf theme.

I may have a sheet ready before that, though, which will be smaller, more delicate images of fairies and elves. I am trying to get things ready for a submission deadline and that has made me rethink my priorities. Initially, I was assuming that I would focus on stamps that can be used for more than paper, but this project came up and I decided I would give it a try.

I will post about that next.

Our Stamps on Clay

(Originally posted Monday, February 11, 2008)

Whoo! RedHotPottery has just sent me a note, letting me know that something she made with our stamps is up on her Etsy store. Click on the image to see the listing:



I am thrilled to see this - and the blue glaze is gorgeous!

I think I may have to buy one of these at some point...

Sedona, Grand Canyon and Ceramic Artists

(Originally posted on Feb 2, 2008)

I was in Arizona in mid-January for a conference and had a few days on my own over the weekend of the 19th. I went to Sedona, as I always do when I have the chance, and also up to the Grand Canyon. Click the image below to see the photo album:

So I got a kick when I was recently contacted by a ceramic artist based in Sedona who wanted some of our stamps. Her business is called Red Hot Pottery and you can click here to visit her store on Etsy. She also has a blog here on blogspot.

Shortly after that, I sold a set to another ceramic artist: Adornyourself.etsy.com. She is based in Canada and is new to Etsy, although not new to pottery.

Although we focus on the fact that our stamps can be used for velvet, we have also tried to emphasize that they can be used on other materials as well - clay being one of them. We keep meaning to join the local pottery studio this season so that we can actually play with the stamps and clay ourselves, so that we can post examples, and possibly also have some pieces to sell. We are far from proficient with clay... and have not done anything with clay for years. I was very excited to have ceramic artists purchase stamps and communicated a bit with them. I can't wait to see what they create, as their work is lovely.

And now I really should get back to work!