Tag: the butler's pottery

• Decorating Abstract Grape Vines on A Planter – How I Did It

  

  This planter couldn’t be plane Jane, It needed a decorative touch like grapes on vines

  Joyce Butler

  September 2, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  being creative, finished pottery, for palnt lover, for the gardener, functional pottery, handmade pottery, making pottery, painting grape vines, plant planter, spong painting, the butler's pottery

• How To Make Old Clay Pliable Enough To Use- Three Solutions

  

  When I began my pottery journey, I found two pottery suppliers clay who made clay and glazes. Both were near Toronto, about a 4 to 5 hour drive south from where I lived.  Several years ago, we moved further south and are now only a few hours’ drive away. Fortunately, one supplier, my favourite, was on…

  Joyce Butler

  July 11, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  handmade pottery, how to use old clay, making pliable clay, no plugmill no porblem, old clay, rhydrating old clay, the butler's pottery

• 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

• How I Made a Tray Using Rubber Stamps

  

  Watch how I make this with a farm.

  Joyce Butler

  April 26, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  being creative, carving a tray, ceramic tray, decoative pottery, farm stamps, farm tray, finished pottery, handmade pottery, how I made a tray, making a tray, making pottery, the butler's pottery

• Carving Leaves On An Oil Bottle

  

  How to carve a deign on an oil bottle.

  Joyce Butler

  April 11, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  being creative, carving in slip, carving into clay slip, ceramic bottle, colouring clay slip, decoative pottery, green clay slip, oil bottle carving, olive branch carving, the butler's pottery

• Reindeer Ornaments

  After a log time I finally got a reindeer rolling pin that worked. I made a few and showed them here.

  Joyce Butler

  March 15, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  being creative, Christmas ornaments, decoative pottery, finished pottery, handmade pottery, making pottery, reindeer design, reindeer ornaments, the butler's pottery

• Getting Sidetracked – It Happens To The Best Of Us

  I planned on making ornaments but got sidetracked and painted flowers on a mug.

  Joyce Butler

  January 30, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  decoative pottery, decorating a mug, go with the flow, handmade pottery, painting flowers, painting on pottery, sidetracked to good, the butler's pottery

• How To Create Designs On Clay – Carve It Out

  How to carve on clay.

  Joyce Butler

  January 21, 2023

  Creating Pottery

  being creative, carve negative space carving, carve out clay, carve reifes patterns, cattail on a mug, decoative pottery, decorating pottery by carving, handmade pottery, making pottery, simple carving, the butler's pottery, tools to carve with

• A Tip On Blogging –Write On Paper Before Typing

  Writing a blog can be daunting, especially for beginners. See how writing on paper has helped me over the year to write.

  Joyce Butler

  January 8, 2023

  Creating Pottery, Living Life

  being creative, fear not to blog, how to start a blog, journal daily, order in blogging, put ideas on paper, stay on topic, the butler's pottery, write on paper

• Keep Calm & Create – Sculpting Animals Calms Me

  

  I like to sculpt animals but haven’t made very many of them. I plan to make more of them starting with this bear getting honey.

  Joyce Butler

  November 28, 2022

  Creating Pottery

  animal, bear statue, bear steeling honey, handmade pottery, keep calm, making pottery, sculpty a bear, still to be glaed, sulpted bear, the butler's pottery, whymsical bear, wild animals