Patrick Cross on tue 13 feb 07
Funky Ceramic Flowers epoxied on wire stems...maybe stainless or
copper...for year round Spring?
They could even be used as candle voltives (sp?) after dark.
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 2/13/07, Leigh Whitaker wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/13/2007 8:52:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> Clayartgallery@AOL.COM writes:
>
> I am in the process of making some pieces for a show featuring
> "work in the garden". I can think of birdbaths,
> bird houses, fountains,
> planters, & lanterns. What can I make that would be less expensive to
> sell & easy to make? I know that this less expensive things will sell
> best
> at this show.
> Okay, I am just brainstorming (or googlestorming) so some of these are
> ridiculous!
>
> Hummingbird feeders? I saw spouts for these
> _http://www.bigceramicstore.com/Supplies/accessories.htm_
> (http://www.bigceramicstore.com/Supplies/accessories.htm) (scroll down a
> few items).
>
> A small hanging platform feeder for birds could be nice. Or maybe a suet
> holder? This is also nice:
>
> _http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/SP7_186811BLU_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=
> 0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&he
> i=250_
> (
> http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/SP7_186811BLU_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&hei=250
> )
>
> I just found a butterfly feeder, I wonder if that could be modified to
> work
> with clay _http://nga-gardenshop.stores.yahoo.net/15-1015.html_
> (http://nga-gardenshop.stores.yahoo.net/15-1015.html)
>
> Here are some butterfly houses (I had never heard of one before):
>
> _http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/butterfly_houses.asp?src=goto&kw=butterfly_f
> eeder_
> (
> http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/butterfly_houses.asp?src=goto&kw=butterfly_feeder
> )
>
> How about a sundial?
>
> A citronella candle bucket/holder?
>
> A watering can?
>
> A terrarium, for indoor gardening? Or, along those same lines, one
> of those
> cheesy "zen garden" things, ya know, sand in a box with some rocks and a
> little rake? _http://www.officeplayground.com/zengarden4.html_
> (http://www.officeplayground.com/zengarden4.html)
>
> Little set of pots with a tray underneath, and seeds for growing
> windowsill
> herbs?
>
> _http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/H06_182920_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=
> 0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&hei=250_
> (
> http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/H06_182920_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sh
> arp&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&hei=250)
>
> Some sort of chia pet type thing? (Earthen ware with grooves
> for spreading
> the chia (Salvia hispanica) seeds on, I don't know where you'd get chia
> seeds).
>
> Allright- I am getting too silly. Time for bed!
>
> Leigh
>
>
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Victoria E. Hamilton on tue 13 feb 07
Ann -
How about a rain chain or windchimes.
I think rain chains are pretty easy - small pieces and easy to assemble -
however, they seem to sell for a pretty fair price!
If you have a source for driftwood, windchimes could be pretty simple -
textured pieces of clay (higher fired makes a nicer sound), fishing line,
small crimp beads. Even if you don't have a source for driftwood, bamboo
could work or even aluminum tubing.
Good luck. Hope this helps.
Vicki Hamilton
Millennia Antica Pottery
Seattle, WA
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I am in the process of making some pieces for a show featuring "work in the
garden". I can think of birdbaths, bird houses, fountains, planters, &
lanterns. What can I make that would be less expensive to sell & easy to
make? I know that this less expensive things will sell best at this show.
Ann Testa
_www.clayartgallery.com_ (http://www.clayartgallery.com)
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Leigh Whitaker on tue 13 feb 07
In a message dated 2/13/2007 8:52:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Clayartgallery@AOL.COM writes:
I am in the process of making some pieces for a show featuring
"work in the garden". I can think of birdbaths, bird houses, fountains,
planters, & lanterns. What can I make that would be less expensive to
sell & easy to make? I know that this less expensive things will sell best
at this show.
Okay, I am just brainstorming (or googlestorming) so some of these are
ridiculous!
Hummingbird feeders? I saw spouts for these
_http://www.bigceramicstore.com/Supplies/accessories.htm_
(http://www.bigceramicstore.com/Supplies/accessories.htm) (scroll down a few items).
A small hanging platform feeder for birds could be nice. Or maybe a suet
holder? This is also nice:
_http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/SP7_186811BLU_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&he
i=250_
(http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/SP7_186811BLU_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&hei=250)
I just found a butterfly feeder, I wonder if that could be modified to work
with clay _http://nga-gardenshop.stores.yahoo.net/15-1015.html_
(http://nga-gardenshop.stores.yahoo.net/15-1015.html)
Here are some butterfly houses (I had never heard of one before):
_http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/butterfly_houses.asp?src=goto&kw=butterfly_f
eeder_
(http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/butterfly_houses.asp?src=goto&kw=butterfly_feeder)
How about a sundial?
A citronella candle bucket/holder?
A watering can?
A terrarium, for indoor gardening? Or, along those same lines, one of those
cheesy "zen garden" things, ya know, sand in a box with some rocks and a
little rake? _http://www.officeplayground.com/zengarden4.html_
(http://www.officeplayground.com/zengarden4.html)
Little set of pots with a tray underneath, and seeds for growing windowsill
herbs?
_http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/H06_182920_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&hei=250_
(http://images.redenvelope.com/is/image/production/H06_182920_W?nanos=770&qlt=75,0&resMode=sh
arp&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&wid=250&hei=250)
Some sort of chia pet type thing? (Earthen ware with grooves for spreading
the chia (Salvia hispanica) seeds on, I don't know where you'd get chia
seeds).
Allright- I am getting too silly. Time for bed!
Leigh
Kathy Rhoades on wed 14 feb 07
You can have fun with garden ideas. I make the birdfeeders and birdhouses,=
they're great but I also make varied size orbs, closed balls glazed in dif=
ferent colors/patterns, to lay around in the flower beds. I also make hand=
s from a press mold and then fill them full of birdseed. These seem to go =
fast because they are different. I've also made oil lamps on a stick: an=
y hollow shape with a hole part way in on the bottom side to sit on a stick=
or metal rod, then I found wicks with and insert at the top that keep the =
wick from falling into the lamp. I found small ones at Walmart, not the be=
st place, but haven't found a supplier yet.=20
=20
Kathy Rhoades
=20
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Cherry Knobloch on wed 14 feb 07
What about plant markers- blank, so people could write the names of their
plants, and some with names already on them- such as herbs.
Also name plaques for gardens, each of my children have their own, again,
leave a blank to write the person's name.
You could go tongue in cheek with this, too: "Mom's Weeds".
Cherry Knobloch
Chesapeake, Virginia
Anne Doyle on wed 14 feb 07
How about wind chimes? or miniature scarecrows...
I saw last summer (and i bought one) large flowers made of glazed
earthenware, on bamboo stems and the centers were rather deep bowls for
catching rainwater for the birds. The petals give them a place to dry off.
Really beautiful and colourful. Another thing i've seen and my friend the
ladybug fanatic wants one, is a similar thing, pottery ladybug on a bamboo
stake for decorating the flower beds i guess.
There are so many things to make, so little time!! I especially like
secrets in a garden, little things you only find by exploring, like a
little buddha-like statue in amongst the flowers. My husband is very good
at making the rock statues like they have on the tops of mountain paths
above the tree line. We have them here and there. I make stepping stones so
these could be made of clay i guess, although mine are cement because of
our climate.
Good luck, its so nice to be thinking of the summer garden for a few
moments while the snow flies about wildly!!
Anne
Frances Howard on wed 14 feb 07
If you live in honeybee country honeybees really appreciate little bee ponds for hot summer days. I have made these little ponds for my neighbours bees, really like shallow bird baths in which you lay a flat stone or stones, just above the surface of the water. The bees drink hanging head down and need rocks to climb out on when they fall in, which they quite often do. Sometimes there are about 100 bees at a time. They actually take the water back to the hive and fan their wings over it to keep the hive cool. People love to watch this, but keep out of their flight path as they get confused if it is blocked.
Wild bees or bumble bees never use these but very occasionally wasps do.
Butterflies also like to drink out of mud puddles, basically just a shallow saucer with sand or mud and therefore hard to keep damp as it keeps evaporating. I rarely see them do this, so don't know which type uses them most.
I actually live in an urban area but so far bees have escaped punitive by laws.
I can't begin to imagine how you would sell such ideas though! Most people would think this extremely weird.
Frances Howard
Sue Roessel Dura on wed 14 feb 07
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:52:28 EST, you wrote:
>I am in the process of making some pieces for a show featuring
>"work in the garden".=20
How about the eyes, nose and mouth they put on trees? They should be =
fairly
easy to do. If there are trees in or around the garden it would give =
them
character. Best, Sue
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