Bringing The Garden Inside For Texture Plates

It happens in a blink. Overnight. That one freeze that takes the garden into winter.
From this...


To this...


So this morning I spent some time with clay, making slabs.





After voting and running errands, I grabbed some clippings from the garden before the potential for new nature texture plates was entirely gone.





I really enjoyed this creative phase...





It became quite the messy work space for a bit...


I love drying bits from the garden...


Sun starting to set - time to clean up...
I miss those endless days into nights of studio time.
That has been one of the hardest things to get used to in the last five years since having children (my life revolves around them - which is ok - I just had to learn to adjust).


And amongst the bins of older collected items - all these spirals found in nature (now pressed in clay). Wonder how cool this will look as a raised texture and glazed?

Feels good to just jump in and do something.
Exciting to have new texture plates in the works.
Thank you Mother Nature for the push...


Oh. I made some crescent two hole (perfect for earrings) pieces too.

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Windy this fall...

Wind blown everything in this fall garden.
I think the winds from Sandy are still about - circling and keeping the clouds about.
Just swept up the leafs so I could close the automatic garage door without it opening back up 10 times...






And now I think I am going to prepare some clay in the studio to press some of these decaying plants into - inspiration has blown my way... :)





And it's time to ponder the state of this messy garden and possibly set up a plan for next year. Maybe hire help? Better make & sell lots of beads to do that!!!


I wonder when the frost is doing to hit hard for the first time - I always look forward to that photo opportunity (kinda makes up for how messy this garden gets with how cool those photos are...)
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