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Sneak Peek... wine stained necklace pendants

2/25/2011

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bisqued ceramic organic pendants, photograph by Kendra McCartney
Bisqued ceramic organic pendants
This weeks sneak peek is of wine stained necklace pendants I am experimenting with.  A friend of mine, Amy, actually gave me the idea of seeing what happens with a bisqued piece of clay (fired once) and wine.  I had already designed and fired these new organic pendants and on Monday, realized I had a bottle of wine that no one liked that was going to get thrown out. 

I used a cabernet sauvignon and will be curious to see what wines will create different shades.  The first one I did, I painted the wine on a few times.  The next one was put into a glass of wine and soaked for 30 minutes or so and the other two I let soak for 36 hours.  The black marks on those two I am assuming were a chemical reaction between the clay and the wine, but who knows for sure. I'm an artist not a scientist, although playing with chemicals in the glaze lab is fun! Have a great weekend!  I will be back on Monday!
close up of ceramic organic pendants, photograph by Kendra McCartney
Ceramic pendants soaking in wine, photograph by Kendra McCartney
Pendants soaking in wine
Ceramic pendants, organic, staining with wine, photograph by Kendra McCartney
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Jackie Lowrance link
3/24/2011 10:49:14 am

Very impressive, Kendra!!

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Kendra
3/25/2011 04:47:30 am

Thank you very much Jackie! I am really enjoying the exploration process of these forms and the experimentation of staining with household items!

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