Black Pottery Handicraf...
Monday, August 23, 2010
Black Pottery Handicraft
Linen & Green
Here is another quick little project for myself... nesting fabric baskets for the kitchen. I used a textured linen-look fabric for the outside and added cute little tags. I hand-stamped some ribbon, and made others from pretty tea ribbon created by Anna of Lilla Lotta. They are cute but next time I will quilt them so they are sturdier :o)
What a surprise when I found this peony in my back garden! I am enjoying my new yard immensely and will...
Throwing a clay pottery pasta bowl on a potters wheel
Throwing a clay pottery pasta bowl on a potters wheel demonstration demo how to pot throw make...
Watch the Pottery(Teaware) Making Technique Live
Watch the Pottery(Teaware) Making Technique Live...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
paint your own pottery
Small Cup & Saucer
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Satsuma Vase
My uncle gave me this vase (16 inches) and it has an indistinguishable mark. He served in the Spanish-American War and World Wars I and II. Where was it made and is it valuable?
--A.B., DICKSON, TENN.
Based on your family history, it is possible that your uncle bought this vase in Japan; it is an example of an early-20th-century Satsuma vase, characterized by a buff-colored or creamy beige ground, often with a crackle decoration applied over the...
Japanese Moriage Vase
This vase or umbrella stand (16 inches) has painted flowers on both sides. When was the piece produced and what can you tell me about it?
--S.C., WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO
Note that the vase has brightly colored flowers on one side and plain white flowers on the other. This is a double-sided vase, meant to be placed on the floor with the plain face to the wall. It was made in Japan in the 1920s, and has a moriage, or...
