Recent PYOP ceramic projects – and using gold for the first time!

My studio is ALWAYS poppin’ with ceramic projects. I’m either painting bisque or building bowls and mugs from scratch. Here are a few pieces I’ve finished recently.

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Okay. Officially addicted to using 14k gold on my fired ceramics. This is a hand built mug (still learning, don’t judge!) I made using lace (for the body) and one of my Crafty Chica @sizzix stamps. @duncan_ceramics Concepts, topped with the gold. Entire process took THREE firings, but I LOVE how it came out! #kilninit

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The mug above is handbuilt. I’m not a pro, therefore I keep practicing. I also wanted to try out the 14K gold lustre. LOVE. For this mug, I pressed lace into the clay, and then used a Crafty Chica cling stamp on another piece of clay and attached it to the front of the mug.

It came out pretty cool!

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Sample projects! I’m demoing dimensional painting techniques at CCSA this weekend in the @bisqueimports booth! ALSO debuting my new bisque line for the paint on pottery studio industry! Now all I have to do is get some sleep tonight so that I can wake up early and catch my flight to New York in the morning. But I am so excited I don’t know how I’m going to be able to even close my eyes for a minute tonight! I wish I could just snap my fingers and be there! ❤️❤️❤️ to @bisqueimports for making this all happen, I’m so grateful!

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I’m demoing at the CCSA convention (Contemporary Ceramics Studio Association) and am showing how to use dimensional glaze to decorate the little dishes by Bisque Imports! I love how they turned out!

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Finally made a new batch of concha mugs and brought them to @muchomasartstudio ❤️❤️ Making a new batch this weekend for my online store!

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Did you know I make concha mugs? I use a bisque mug that is in the shape of a donut, then I cut and stamp clay to look like our favorite hot pink Mexican pastry. In this case, I painted it like the Mexican flag! Then through a series of trial and error, I found an easy way to fuse the two pieces together. It’s a little tricky, but I did it!

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The cactus vases came out soooo cute! I added the pompoms and flowers for decoration. Which is your favorite? The serape-inspired or traditional verde? I just listed the workshop for @muchomasartstudio onnSeptember 28th! #craftychica #pyop #ceramicschica

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This is for an upcoming workshop at Mucho Mas, we’re going to paint these cute cactus vases! I made one traditional green, and the other serape-inspired!

And a car!

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Thank you to Petra @artep01 for buying my “Miracle Mobile” & sharing this awesome picture! It makes me so happy to see it displayed! Most of all, I’m thankful to Petra and people like her who constantly support local artists! YOU ARE LOVED!!! I hope this car delivers many miracles for years to come, Petra! ❤️ 🚘🌵🙌🏽💯❤️

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Here are some videos of my other ceramic projects!