Showing posts with label porcelain. Show all posts
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Thursday, 11 April 2013

About GlassPaperScizzors


Mickey Saverine
Owner, Maker, Designer, Curator
Hi! I'm Mickey Saverine. I create unique decoupage plates from antique naturalist botanical prints which i border with papers I design. Each plate is hand crafted by me in my Norwalk, CT studio. They make lovely wall hangings for custom home decor.



The art of Decoupage is Alive and Well!

ABOUT MY ETSY SHOP:

My Etsy Shop, Glass Paper Scizzors (with z’s!) sells hand-crafted decoupage plates. I use the old-fashioned paper and glue method of application. I digitally enhance antique images and design the colorful border papers to complement them. I do all of the work myself in 
my home studio in Connecticut.
My Etsy decoupage plate shop is the result of many months of trial and error, testing and perfecting. It’s beginning was somewhat of an accident. 
I never actually planned to open a crafts business. My original intention was to create something beautiful for my own pleasure and to share with friends.

Etsy turned out to be the ideal place to reach a wider audience. I opened my shop in August, 2011.


I began four years ago when my very “crafty” friend Beth suggested a decoupage project for our annual Christmas get-together.

We both had been admiring and collecting decoupage plates since the early 90’s and figured “ How hard could this be? “ it’s just glass paper and glue! 

In a word, it was a disaster! Much trickier and time consuming than we’d ever imagined. But I was inspired to teach myself the process. For the next 9 months all I did was experiment with the decoupage process.



I didn’t want to make plates like those I had already seen; I wanted my plates to be original, have their own shape, images and border designs.

By the following Christmas I found myself with enough plates to participate in local holiday craft shows, Junior League, school and church events.


Most recently, My husband, who does custom framing, suggested putting my square plates in a variety of beautifully chunky designer moldings. This creates a multi-dimensional effect that adds to their uniqueness.

Woodland Owl Decoupage Wall Art






Starfish Natural Wall Decor Decoupage Plate



Antique Sailboat Wall Hanging Decoupage



Spring Artichoke Wall Decor Decoupage Plate


GlassPaperScizzors



Wednesday, 20 February 2013

About MiriHardyPottery


Miri Hardy
Owner, Maker, Potter
Everything you'll find in my shop was made with my own two hands, in my studio in Puerto Rico. My husband Nick is my CPO (Chief Packing Officer), and all credit for the VERY careful packing to assure that your pots travel safely to you goes to him!



Fun, Functional & Unique Pottery for Him, Her & You!

I vividly remember watching a potter throw on the wheel when I was but 5 years old. Such magic I had never seen! Fast forward to my grad school years, when I desperately needed a non-academic diversion. Fate would have it, I came across a catalog from the local adult education center. Pottery classes! Just the magic I needed. And I was hooked!

After years of working with clay as a hobby, pottery has recently become my full time vocation. The magical nature of it all, if anything, seems stronger these days. For the journey from lump of clay to a finished, functional piece of pottery is NOT a quick one. Wedge the clay, throw the clay, trim the clay, dry the clay, fire the clay, glaze the clay, then fire yet again. Wondrous changes and transformations happen at every step of the way! 

One of the MOST magical moments is raising the lid of my electric kiln after the glaze firing to see the results of weeks of labor. My husband Nick (who not only carefully packs all our shipments but is also in charge of our physical gallery and keeping our records) LOVES this part of the process too! In fact, he has yet to miss a single glaze opening! Potters will tell you this moment is like Christmas morning. I think its even better, 'cuz you don't have to wait until December AND it happens more than once a year!

There is something very special about using a handmade piece of pottery and nothing pleases me more than hearing back from folks who purchased my work about how they have incorporated my pottery into their own daily lives. 

I hope you too find some magic in my Etsy shop!

--Miri

Mustache Mug: Large Blue Mug


Ceramic Plate Set for Tapas or Snacks


Mustache Cups


Womens Shaving Mug


Breakfast Set