Mallard Green

So my favorite medium of art is ceramics. I love working on the wheel and playing with glazes. This is my first cylinder shape pitcher. The glaze is mallard green one of my favorite glazes. My mom uses the pitcher for gravy and sauces. The pictures don't do the color justice but it is one of my favorite pieces.

Crazy Directions

I just started student teaching this week! I'm so excited I'll be working in a second grade classroom. This does mean I'll be really busy as well as I managed to break three nails on Sunday after a trip with a friend and my brother-in-law. So I'll be posting older pictures as well as focusing on artwork until I feel I have enough downtime to do my nails again and when they are in better condition.

The nail design was from the monster bundle!! I used Konad - white and Sinful Colors Irish Green. At the time I felt like my mind was going in a million different directions and I wanted to do a really bright color for the end of summer before breaking into more winter hues. So I thought the arrows were appropriate and that green is quite the green.

Mood Changing!

So I have still been doing my nails. I have also been very busy though and stressed or distracted. Mostly I've been working on solid colors. I also have been working on finding a good style for my student teaching and interview. I did not take pictures of the interview/student teaching I'm working on but when I do the final product I'll post it. So here are two new nail polishes I got. Both of them are mood nail polish.

**Top Picture: Claire's Mood Wild/Calm
**Bottom Video: Claire's Mood Silly/Awesome

Teacher Teacher!

This is my Apple Pin. I made it back in 2009 in the Winter. It's a copper piece I made using chasing and repousse. I used a black patina but I wanted to keep some of the original copper sheen so I scotch bright finished it and rubbed part of it off. I am currently working towards being a teacher so I chose an apple for this particular project since we had to choose a fruit. they are also one of my favorite fruits especially red apples ^_^.

Rain Check

I was super busy last week and never had a chance to post and I didn't have time to do anything crazy since I was out of town. I went with this shade because well it's an awesome shade and appropriately enough named Rain Check (Wet N Wild). Unfortunatly it chipped pretty fast though so I am doing my nails tomorrow =).

Shooting Stars Ring

So here is my first posted metal piece of mine. This is the first ring I've ever made as well as it was made in my first metals class back in Fall of 2008. It's sterling silver with a black patina. I did a sand blasted finish but I've slowly over time started to not like it quite as much and am playing with the idea of making it a scotchbright finish. But considering it's my first ring and I made it in about two days I'm pretty proud of it =).

My First Marble

I couldn't resist three photos this week I absolutely love my first marble. The cleanup was INSANE!! I need to both use tape and chapstick next time I am such a messy marbler. I love the effect though. The glitter was hard to get a good shot of though because the sun kept reflecting off it.

NYC-115A
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Ocean View
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Marine Scene
Nicole OPI - Wink of Twink

Going Green??

My nails this week were completely random. I knew I loved the look of the white nails with color on them so I started out just going all white. (I'm still on the lookout for a really good white nail polish we've tried a couple so far the Sally Hansen has worked the best. ) Next after the white coat I always do a top coat so if I mess up the Konad I can just wipe it off and not have to redo my nails. This is the first time it's really come in handy since I tried a couple of colors and didn't like them. I finally settled on this plate and design in green. I had a really hard time w/it though!! It is a really hard plate to use to get the flowers to all pick up so it just got crazy.

What I do like about this effect though is from far away it looks like a sponge or splatter print and it reminds me of the canvas/cotton totes people use. A very "going green" or earthy feeling.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - "White On"
Konad Green
Konad Plate - M74

July 4th Nails

So for the 4th of July I wanted to do something fun with a little bit of everything. I picked the Konad Plate first and decided that they looked a like pinwheels with fun streamers and went from there. Originally I wasn't planning on putting on gems and I didn't have enough to be consistent with the colors but I love the way my thumbs turned out so I'm glad I did.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - "White On"
Sally Hansen Diamon Strength - "Honeymoon Red"
Klean Color - "Neon Sapphire"
Konad Wine Red
Konad Silver
Konad Blue
Konad Plate - S1

Nail Art - Sex in the City

I finally have pictures to post! So my mom,sister, and I went out for a girls night to go see the new Sex in the City!! I love their shoes! So these nails were in honor of the movie. My mom has a set of Julep Nail Polish in all the Sex in the City colors. The only catch is that my favorite art is Ceramics specifically throwing so my cuticles are trashed and my nails are stubby and still growing and this picture was before cleanup...Hopefully I will get better though as time goes and my nails will start to look better too!

I used the Samantha Julep Nail Polish with Silver Konad and Konad Plate M9.

Something Different

Everyone has an outlet. My outlet is art. I love all art from eccentric metalwork and crazy nail art, to classy ceramics. This blog is an outlet for me to share both my own artwork and to blog on the artwork of others that has caught my eye. I hope to post both paintings, drawings, sketches, ceramic pieces, and metal pieces of my own.