Lustre box with squares

This was a fiddly (for me) box to paint, using different colour lustres plus gold. The 4 blocks of gold are visible if you look and in "real" life they stand out nicely. The bottom of the box has been painted the same as the lid and looks quite stunning on a low table in my lounge.
After the lustre had been applied, I outlined the lustre colours with black pen work and also with a fine brush to make a thicker line in places for variety. There is gold around the edge of the top of the box, and around the edge of the top of the bottom of the box.
Does that make sense?
I have a square sort of unpainted box that is about 4" by 4" which would look stunning using this method.

Grapes on a matte finished tile

I was just in the mood to paint grapes last week . . . . I have a project I want to do, but was in the mood to first paint at random on a tile. Murphy's Law came into operation - when you are painting for fun, the work turns out wonderful. When you are serious and want a great painting everything seems to go wrong. This tile was just a bit of fun and it turned out great!

There is pale blue lustre on the background, and I achieved the streaky casual look I wanted.
Unfortunately though, hair cracks in the glaze appeared on the bottom leaf at the last fire.
Urgh! I don't know why this happened - I find floor or wall tiles unreliable to fire. Sometimes they fire well, other times they crack. If you look closely (enlarge the pic first by clicking on it) you will see the tiny lines on the bottom leaf.

Twig Vase back

This is the back of the twig vase .... read below!

Of course I loved painting the vase, although I strained my neck and shoulders painting it.

It was heavy to hold - a challenge to paint!

I think it is 14" high, and unless it sells at the exhibition it will grace a shelf in my lounge.

Twig Vase, front

This vase is traditionally called a Twig Vase because the handles at the sides are like twigs or branches. The photograph was taken at the gallery, where our club is holding their exhibition until the end of September, 2010. (see further below) The little white box on the left of the vase is below too .... and I understand it has just sold.

Round Box with roses

This is a better view of the box I painted last week especially for our exhibition. (read below)

Round Box with Roses

I painted this box last week for the exhibition our club is holding right now in Creative Tauranga Gallery. Someone came in to the gallery today and purchased the box ...... in a way I was a little sad, 'cos I love it!

Profile face with single rose

This tile, together with the Silhouette tile and the 2 boxes just below are presently in our club's exhibition being held in the Creative Tauranga Gallery in the city where I live - Tauranga.

The two tiles are sitting back to back on a metal candelabra which I purchased in an antique shop in Texas 2 years ago. The stand has been spray painted in gold, and I have tied matching ribbons where the candels would normally go.

The edges of the two tiles have copper metallic sponged on to them - the metallic was a gift from my friend in Sydney, Sandra Greacen.

The silhouette tile sold on the opening night of the exhibition. Perhaps this lovely profile will sell before the exhibition is finished Oct 1st.

Silhouette face with roses

This lovely silhouette is sitting on the front side of a metal candelabra which I sprayed with gold paint. I tied matching narrow ribbon over where the candels would normally go. This is the second half of the candelabra; the profile face is on the other side of it. Does that make sense? !!

Rose Box

This box is just 3" wide, and is actually white and not cream as shown in the picture. I took the photo in the evening - and I guess lack of light softened the white.

The stripes on the lid are matt white paint fired, and then covered with mother of pearl. You can't quite see the rose inside the box, but you can see the mother of pearl!

Patchwork Box

I painted this box in 2007 to make it look like patchwork. It was a fun thing to paint.......
you can see my name in one of the squares!