January Monthly Challenge Recap

Fresh, vibrant and full of life. That is what I think of when I see this poster for the January Challenge. I also think of a future that is bright and filled with awesome things to discover. A fitting start to our new year and new creative paths.

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Inside the Studio with Mary Harding

Welcome to Inside the Studio!

Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you'll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a free prize each week to bribe you to use that keyboard. The following week we choose a random winner.

Congratulations to Karen L.

You have won a pair of Lustre, Frosted, Opal handwoven beads from Rebecca of Songbeads

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I am  pleased to open my studio to you on this cold but sunny winter day and share what I have been up to lately.

Hearts ready to be glazed.  This is a picture of the back of the hearts

A forest of heart ready to be glazed looking out my studio window into the winter snow

Like many others this time of year, I have been making hearts.

Close up of hand painted heart ready for the clear glaze

Metal Hearts  Solder Stamped

Ceramic Hearts -- Fronts of some of the ones in the first picture

A  Wire Wrought Heart

A Hand Cut Heart

A  Wire Heart

I have also been experimenting with Gelli Plate printing  on wet ceramic clay, as opposed to hand

painting the clay as in these pendants and earring charms below.   

Hand painted with glazes which makes for bright colors---earring charms

 Gelli Plate Printed  Earring Charms  One Firing  Light colors

So that is what I have been up to lately.  You can find the Ceramic Hearts and Small Metal Hearts  in my Etsy Shop  this morning