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 – December 2019

  It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   The month started with me having made prints from some of my watercolor paintings for this year’s Christmas cards to my dear (blogging) friends.     This proved to be a more arduous task than I had anticipated

The Changing Seasons – November 2019

  It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   As usual November is a very busy month for me as I try to make as many handmade Christmas gifts as possible for family and friends. To be honest, I’m not quite sure if they actually like these

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 – September 2019

  It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   So what have I been up to in September? Quite a lot actually, though for some stupid reason or other I forgot to take pictures most of the time, like when I went to work on my favorite

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 – Dec. 2018 – Or: What I´ve Been Up to During My Blog Break

First of all: Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!! 🙂   And without further ado now to that new blog post. 😉 It´s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Season hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch! I urge you to visit her blog as it is simply one of

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