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Starry Night

Buffy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:09:18 +0000

This Asian style bowl is my all-time favorite! There’s just something about it’s chunky rounded shape with the torn rolled edges that appeals to me over any perfect and symmetrical bowl. But the gorgeous deep midnight blue glaze with flecks of gold on the inside is what stops me in my tracks every time.
The outside features a mutli-layered texture and my signature matte black glaze, hand burnished with a metallic patina in shades of gold, silver, copper and even a smidgen of red.
The center of the bowl is holds an iridescent “puddle” of dichroic cobalt, turquoise and pink glass fused to the ceramic surface.

Blue Lagoon

Buffy — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:15:29 +0000

This bowl was one of the first in my Organic series that had more primitive look and styled pieces. It’s a thick and chunky shallow curved rectangular piece with sea green inner glaze and my signature matte black glaze, burnished with metallic patina in shades of gold, silver and copper. The center of the bowl features cobalt blue stained glass fused to the ceramic surface.

Tidal Pool

Buffy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:43:42 +0000

I hand built this wonderful bowl in a slightly asymmetrical square shape, with a rolled rim, round pedestal foot and multiple layers of rich texture.

It features an inner glaze in a gorgeous sea green color with deep cobalt and iridescent turquoise fused dichroic glass accent in the center. The outside is finished in a matte dark steel glaze and hand burnished in shades of gold, silver, copper patina and a tiny smidgen of red.
Relax, my functional pieces are made to be both admired and used. I do recommend hand washing after using, rather than using commercial soaps in the dishwasher that will dull the shine on the dichroic glass surface.

Empty Bowls 2011

Buffy — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:08:54 +0000

My ‘Flared Salad Bowl’ was one of my donated glass fused ceramic bowls for the 2011 Empty Bowls Project luncheon. It was the first one of my new line of glass fused ceramic bowls with the metallic finish and I was very excited (and a little nervous) to see how they would be received.

I used triangular shaped clay pieces in a round mold and glazed the bisque fired finished product in a dark green with matte black overlay. Step two was to apply the dichroic glass and fuse fire it. The final step was to finish it all off with a gold, bronze and copper metallic sheen.

Pretty, pretty, pretty! I was extremely happy with it but even more was surprised when it was snatched out of my hands and put on the Gallery Table with all the gorgeous $100 bowls for sale. I’m proud to say it only lasted 20 minutes on there before someone bought it!

B-D

Empty Bowls Project

Buffy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:22:13 +0000

What’s the Empty Bowls Project?

The Empty Bowls luncheon is an annual fundraiser event put on by local pottery and ceramic artists to benefit our local Tarrant Area Food Bank. Artists volunteer and donate their time to create and decorate bowls all year long to give away to ticket holders as their one-of-a-kind door prizes. Billed as an ‘Artful Luncheon to Fight Hunger’, each $40 ticket includes all you can eat for lunch and your selection of a handcrafted, hand painted artisan bowl. Proceeds from all ticket sales directly benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank and help feed our neighbors in need.

You get to sample great lunches provided by snazzy local restaurants like Reata, Bonnell’s, Ruffino’s, La Familia, Lonesome Dove, Eddie V’s and many more, plus fabulous desserts from Nothing Bundt Cakes, McKinley’s and Panera Bread. Trust me, you will waddle away and you won’t be the least bit hungry…

You have to buy your tickets ahead of time though, there are no tickets sold at the door. Get your tickets online here at the TAFB.org site.