Housewarming gift

Custom home portrait hand painted on a ceramic tile.

 

The portrait sketched, outlined, and painted with ceramic glaze before it has been fired in my kiln.

Fresh out of the kiln this morning.  With a little bit of heat the colors become much more vibrant.

A keepsake gift for the new home owners.  

If interested, find more information on my home portrait tile's here.

Custom painted house portrait

Today I'm featuring a new listing in my shop ~

Custom home portraits hand painted on an 8 inch ceramic tile: 

An image of the house is sketched in pencil then outlined with black glaze.  The drawn portrait is hand painted with non-toxic lead-free pottery glaze colors and fired in my kiln.  Since this is a new item in my shop, I used my home as the model.

 
The tiles can be personalized, making for a nice housewarming or hostess gift.  Portrait tiles are available in my shop.  If interested, just click here

In my Studio

Simply Busy

Absolutely and completely immersed in creating.

 Sketched, Painted, Fired and Shipped:

Two House Portrait Platters

 Six House Portrait Ornaments

One wedding portrait ornament

One baby portrait ornament

Eleven portrait ornaments sketched, painted and in the kiln

And more orders on my table...

Yup ~ engaged, swamped, up to my neck, busy as a bee, hard at work and loving it.  Tis the season!

In the studio

Saturday Paint Fest

 Christmas orders sketched, painted, outlined and now in my kiln for the firing process...

Packaged and Shipped

Custom ornaments that were kiln fired on Thursday, then packaged and shipped on Friday...

Time to Relax

A fire in our fire pit, a glass of wine, a plate of cheese and crackers and the company of my husband are my rewards for a full days work.

Cheers!

From the studio

A few more custom portrait orders

In my studio

After setting aside work for a fun weekend trip down south, I was left with an assortment of custom ornament orders to paint.  Time to buckle down, get back into the studio and wrap my head around the task at hand.   So, yesterday was spent sketching, painting, personalizing, glazing and firing a bunch of ceramic house and wedding portrait ornaments.

Sketched and Painted

 Kiln Fired and Ready to Ship

I have to say that there is nothing more refreshing than fun time spent with friends and family - especially if takes place in a cool city like Charleston!  I am now energized and happy to be back to work.

Another batch

Custom Portrait Ornaments

Fresh from the kiln

HOME PORTRAIT ORNAMENTS

 Front view of home decorated for the holidays.

New home ornament for a customer's niece and her husband

 And a new home ornament for a customer's good friend and her family.

A WEDDING PORTRAIT ORNAMENT

 For a customer's son and his new bride - with their sweet german shepherd.

All have been carefully packaged and are ready to ship.

Click here for more information on my custom ornaments.