Sneak Peek... wine stained necklace pendants

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!

Pendants soaking in wine