Sunday, September 26, 2010

Color Feature of the Week : LILAC

Last week we had 600+ views!!
This week the color is Lilac and thank you all for submitting your work.
I have selected 8 talented Etsy artists here. Do check out their amazing shops.






If you would like to enter for a Color Feature on my blog, you have to do the following TWO steps,

1. Leave a comment on this blog with your favorite items from this week's feature
AND
2. Post your item matching next week's color, "Maroon" (Color swatch below) in this ETSY FORUM

Monday, September 20, 2010

Color Feature of the Week : Fall Colors

Color Feature of the Week is back by popular demand!!
This week fall colors have been featured and 8 talented sellers have been chosen. Click on the pictures and do check out their amazing shops.
You can find other selections at this treasury as well :
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c97eb4caf9a8eef04ab0b35/color-feature-of-the-week-fall-colors





If you would like to enter for a Color Feature on my blog

You have to do the TWO steps to be considered

1. Leave a comment on this blog with your favorite items from this week's feature

AND

2. Post your item matching next week's color, "LILAC" (Color swatch below) in this ETSY FORUM

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Potter's Guage

A simple tool which can save you a lot of time and frustration when trying to throw similar sized items on the potters wheel.

Previously I used a chopstick that is fixed on the splash pan with a wad of clay. It is efficient and super cheap and quick to set up. Several potters use this technique and they will agree that they have knocked the chopstick off its position once in a while.

Of course there are wonderful guages you can purchase but it just a lot more fun making your own. I spent 10 minutes in my garage and found a a few items which worked perfectly for this. The base is a heavy weight steel which came in the packaging of something I purchased earlier.. can't remember. It is really stable and all I did was attached a scale with a bolt (a scale not for measurement.. but that is the only thing I found with an already drilled hole) And then just attached a light weight iron rod with a clamp and I am done.

Just finished throwing these tealight candle holders with this guage and they came out great.



They make perfect diyas for Diwali.


I would love to hear about tools that crafters in all media have made themselves.

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