Tag: decoative pottery

• Making Bud Vases – With A Pottery Extruder

  

  Just a few of the bud flower vases that I make by pushing clay through a pottery extruder.

  Joyce Butler

  March 27, 2024

  Creating Pottery

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• More Spoon Rests – With Hummingbirds

  Last November I turned mushroom spoon rest on my pottery wheel, which I blogged about. Now I have made hummingbird spoon rests from slabs of clay and a GR pottery form.

  Joyce Butler

  March 6, 2024

  Creating Pottery

  ceramic spoonrests, decoative pottery, Feisty hummingbirds, handbuilt spoon rests, handmade pottery, hummingbird spoon rest, making pottery, Painting Hummingbirds, Spoon rests, the butler's pottery, Using Gr form

• I Recently Blogged On How I Add Ceramic Decals to Pottery – Here They are Finished

  I recently blogged on how I decorate my handmade ceramic mugs, vases, trays and other pieces using ceramic decals. Click here for the full article. https://thebutlerspottery.ca/2024/01/11/how-to-easily-decorate-handmade-ceramic-add-ceramic-decals/ I have clear glazed and fired the ceramic pieces that I decorated with ceramic decals. Here are some of the finished mugs, trays and vases. Enjoy them. I will…

  Joyce Butler

  February 22, 2024

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• A Cup Of Hot Chocolate on a Cold Winter Day-In a Handmade Potter’s Mug

  In the cold winter months I enjoy curling up with a book and one of my handmade pottery mugs full of hot chocolate or coffee.

  Joyce Butler

  January 13, 2024

  Creating Pottery, Mugs

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• Making a New Design of Spoon Rests

  During my first pottery lesson on the wheel, I was told it takes 12 years to become a good potter. Anxious to make potter while honing my wheel-turning skills I hand-built pottery. One project I made was spoon rests shaped like maple leaves. I rolled out a slab of clay and then rolled maple leaves…

  Joyce Butler

  November 12, 2023

  Creating Pottery

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• Making A Mould From A Turtle?

  My neighbour had a turtle shell. I don’t know where he got, and I don’t want to know. I think he found it. Turtle shells are their bone. When they get old, and 6 shell would be the last to decompose He loaned me the turtle shell. I rolled out clay and pressed it over…

  Joyce Butler

  October 28, 2023

  Creating Pottery

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• Flower Ornaments

  I finished painting my poinsettia and sunflower ceramic ornaments

  Joyce Butler

  September 8, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  being creative, blackeye susan flowers, Christmas ornaments, decoative pottery, hand paint clay, handmade pottery, making pottery, ornaments, painting clay, poinsettia flowers, pottery in progress, pottery in [rogress, sunflowers

• Mocha Diffusion – Finished Products

  

  Recently I shared how I did Mocha Diffusion and pottery technique. Here are the finished results after they’ve been fired in the kiln.

  Joyce Butler

  May 14, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  ceramic cups, decoative pottery, finished pottery, handmade pottery, making pottery, mocah diffusion, Pottery mugs, the butler's pottery

• Being A People Pleaser Affected My Creativity – No More

  

  I allowed people to tell me what I should do and it stole my creativity. Read how Matthew the Elf stopped being a people pleaser.

  Joyce Butler

  May 3, 2023

  Creating Pottery, Living Life

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• Mr Frog and Honey Bear Ceramic Sculptures Are Finished

  My sculptures of a bear stealing honey and Mr. Frog play the bongos are now finished and for sale on my website. They buttons for these blogs are on the bottom of this blog.

  Joyce Butler

  April 29, 2023

  Creating Pottery

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