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    Cufflinks & Kilt-pin

    heres a few things ive made at the pottery night class , cufflinks fired at approx 1000` c and glazed with a turquoise blue glaze 15mm wide
    ,i plan to make a few more of these that way i can colour coordinate with my ties or garters





    and heres the kilt pin I've made using porcelain clay
    i used the turquiose blue glaze again to represent night and the mint green for the moon i was after a lunar solar come night time look without going all "celtic" i had planned to do the sun in a light yellow type color but felt the white of the porcelain was enough ,
    its approx 54mm wide just the right size for a kilt pin





    a wee neck pendant for the misses :


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    Quote Originally Posted by skauwt View Post
    heres a few things ive made at the pottery night class
    Nice!
    I like how the blue turned out, Scott...


    Quote Originally Posted by skauwt View Post
    and heres the kilt pin I've made using porcelain clay
    i used the turquiose blue glaze again to represent night and the mint green for the moon i was after a lunar solar come night time look without going all "celtic" i had planned to do the sun in a light yellow type color but felt the white of the porcelain was enough ,
    its approx 54mm wide just the right size for a kilt pin

    Just curious, where did you plan to have the yellow colour on this?
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    Excellent work, Scott. I think that the cuff link is an under-valued item. If I wear a tie, I aim to have cuff links as well.

    Regards

    Chas

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    Very artistic!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post

    Just curious, where did you plan to have the yellow colour on this?
    the section in the centre next to the mint green to represent the sun was my intended train of thought ... i just thought about the eclipse i saw back in `99 when i made the piece initially, i was aiming for a "celtic "theme but decided to go modern scots


    Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
    Excellent work, Scott. I think that the cuff link is an under-valued item. If I wear a tie, I aim to have cuff links as well.

    Regards

    Chas

    thanks chas
    ive yet to wear my kilt without a shirt and tie and cufflinks to me are a must when wearing a shirt ,they just belong on a shirt in my view even when i have buttons i tend to remove them just to get the cufflinks on




    Quote Originally Posted by ChattanCat View Post
    Very artistic!
    thankyou

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    That's a neat idea, Skauwt. I never got around to attempting to make a ceramic cantle, but I would think the low fire ceramics would be better for that type of thing: less warping and running glaze etc.

    Hope your future pieces turn out well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bugbear View Post
    That's a neat idea, Skauwt. I never got around to attempting to make a ceramic cantle, but I would think the low fire ceramics would be better for that type of thing: less warping and running glaze etc.

    Hope your future pieces turn out well.
    same here ive yet to make a ceramic cantle myself , every time i`m about to make something i think about it but end up doing other things ,

    i think id be best buying a cheap sporran mind you to experiment on .... i thought about using my seal skin sporran but the thought of taking it apart stops me

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