Fairy Garden

if you learn to see the beauty in every plant then your garden will never have weeds
if you learn to find the joy in every stone then your garden will always have a path
and if you learn to hear the blessing in every curse then your garden will always have fairies
Written by Jim Cumberland, © 2010 Jim Cumberland

"Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly!" ~ Author Unknown

“Don’t you wish you could have the fairies’ day – just laugh and dance and sing and play!” ~ Mary Jac

~ Where you believe there is magic ... you will find it! ~

Coils, Slabs and Pinch Pots, Oh My!

One of my new passions is handbuilt pottery.  It is relaxing, creative, social and rewarding at the end.  Who could ask for anything more!  My grandparents would have been interested in this and would have definatley given it a try! Here is what I have been up to.

 

I carved a shape and then made a mold and made 4 sided box.

Used a small piece of copper pipe to make the holes!

                                              A house for the fairies in my garden to live in.

 

Box with a fitted lid and carvings on all 4 sides and the lid.

                        Coil vase.  Coils are very difficult to do well.  Still need some practice!

Rolled balls of clay and slipped them together.

Slab drapped over a plate used as a mold and stamped with images.