Just a little stamped design on a new dinner plate… aka Tuesday night’s class demo! I threw the plate in class, and then it sat under plastic until it was ready to stamp this morning!

A little early morning stamping… giddy-up!

Last week I subbed for a Thursday night class… and they asked me to show them how to do stamping. I said we should start at the beginning. So I taught them how to make their own stamps. I bisque fired them… and then I subbed again last night and we did some stamping demos on actual pieces. I think they liked the demo… and now they have some handmade stamps of their own.

In the meantime, I made a small batch of new stamps as well. Now it looks like I need to make some new mugs. I mean… the holidays are coming sooner than you think!!!

A little early-morning stamping… working on my class demo placesetting challenge project. Dinner plate… salad plate… side bowl… serving bowl… tumbler… and the single handmade stamp that did all of the work!!! Coordinating in design… but not too matchy-matchy!

Last night in my Advanced Beginner’s class, we closed out the evening with a little stamp-making demo & interactive making session. Hopefully I can get these stamps bisque-fired soon enough for them to start using before the class session ends!!!

Just stamping another large dinner plate… all with one handmade clay stamp!

This week in my SURFACE DECORATION class, we tackled stamping & sprigging. I showed them the basics of how I approach a pot, how try emphasize the shape & geometry of the pot with my stamps… and the most important part… how to stamp! Sure, not rocket-science, but there are a few tricks!!! I did my demos and then set them loose… with their own stamps they had made the week before, as well as some of my collection. Many of them had made their “homework” pieces to work on, but I was glad I had a made a bunch too so they had more to “play” with! I tried to emphasize how stamping can become addictive… and they heard the mantra more than once…

MORE IS MORE!!!

After crackling slip, we spent the last half hour of our SURFACE DECORATION class making clay stamps. My goal is to have them bisqued quickly so we can start playing with them in next week’s class… where the focus will be “stamps & sprigs”!!!

Moving along nicely on my latest batch of berry bowls. Stamping a ring of texture around each of them using my own handmade stamps! Now to dry to leatherhard before I can trim the footring and punch some drainage holes!!!

Been busy stamping cylinders again… getting ready for another batch of mugs! My favorite thing to make! Each one stamped with a different clay stamp that I made myself. Handmade mugs need handmade stamps!!!