I have been experimenting with a new clay for me. Stoneware. I usually use earthenware which is a low fire clay. This stoneware has been fired to Cone 5. I stained it with a teal color stain and fired it. No glaze. Then I thumbled the beads and the pendant for about 2 hours. I put a little beeswax on the tree part of the pendant. Hard for me to give up that shiny glaze LOL.
These beads have also been fired to Cone5 but have not yet been tumbled. I tumble them so that there is no chance that the stain will rub off on clothing. Unlike earthenware, most of the stain has been fired into the clay and does not come off .
I like the old archeological look to these beads. I will keep experimenting with stains and see what else I can come up with.
I'd love to hear what you think.
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