EU conference day two....

I am tired already ...bed time was late due to slooooowwww service in restaurant!
My first class in sgraffito on glass with the lovely Astari Swatantri from Finland. She provided us with black glass cabochons and then proceeded to make bezels/pendants from the metal clay which we then dried and refined. Then came the fun part of applying some overlay paste in a even layer for which Astari had created a clever method. It soon dried and we were free to scratch in patterns using some special tools from Japan.

Astari has written a book too, and won awards from the Japanese art clay competition

Kim's fancy

Whilst browsing the internet I was caught by these lovely little art deco style metal clay and glass pieces by Kim. Even more impressive is that she makes the glass pieces too....see her website for even more of her lovely work.

Whats even more impressive is she uses glass that not only has she fused but has also cold worked them giving the lovely finishes and shapes that really show the colours...

She also runs a blog and an etsy store from her website so do have a look at her other beautiful glass work.