The Changing Seasons – February 2020

  It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   February turned out to be more challenging than anticipated. After having taken care of my washing machine last summer (when I successfully replaced the broken heating element with a new one), the Thing decided to break down again

A Problem Solved

  I came up with my latest clay project in order to help me with a little problem that I had, and that I think might sound familiar to some of you as well. If you’re anything like me, you make yourself a cup of coffee or tea, only to let something distract you, and

The Changing Seasons – October 2019

  It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   HALLOWEEN Having shared with you the artwork by my students at the end of September where we were already busy crafting things for Halloween (back then it was still unfired and unglazed), I thought I’d show you how

The Changing Seasons – May 2019

It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   The Power of Nature   What impressed me most this month was the sheer frightening power of Mother Nature, when during a storm that lasted only about half an hour, suddenly a lightening bolt struck the chimney from a

A Dragon Is Born

  Those of you following me on Instagram might already have seen it, but I thought I would share it with you here on my blog as well: My little baby dragon, freshly hatched from its egg!!     I formed it with white clay and then applied a glaze that gives it this amazing metallic

The Changing Seasons – April 2019

  It´s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   This month is clearly dominated by one theme – flowers! April started with my beloved cactus showering me with its beautiful flowers! This cactus is a descendent from a plant that belonged to my great-grandmother, and is well

The Changing Seasons – October 2018

  It´s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch! “Creative” shopping At the beginning of October I felt the deep and irresistible urge to pay my favorite DIY store a visit. 😉 It´s part of the second largest department store in Europe after Harrod´s in London and it

Art in Clay – The Cloak

  Browsing through my own blog, I´ve noticed that I haven’t shared with you examples of my art work with clay for some time now. (tsk! tsk!) In the hope that you will forgive this inexcusable lapse, I´m posting today one of my latest pieces – The Cloak. I´ve made it with white clay, which

Happy Mother´s Day!

  It´s a simple truth: I love my Mama and she´s the best! 🙂    

“Meerkat on Lookout Duty”

  What: a meerkat, 36 cm high ( ca. 14 in) Made of: white clay, Barock glaze Made by: Sarah Meerkats belong since I was little to my very favorite animals. They´ve always impressed me with their unrelenting courage and determinacy to protect their family from all dangers. By Charlesjsharp – Own work, from Sharp