I am so ridiculously excited about this.
It's been a long time in process. I didn't have much hope when I started
it but thought it was worth a shot anyway. The kids and I were hand
building some clay LAST YEAR in August and I roughly fashioned a tatting
shuttle.
See that lil thing in the middle of the tray...
Fast forward a month till I fired it to bisque and then fast forward a
year and a few months till I got around to glazing it and re-firing it.
Since I didn't expect it to work I didn't do a particularly careful job
of finishing and smooth it. I was more concerned about placement of the
tips because that is important in tatting and when you glaze it, that's
really important in it not fusing together.
Wanna see?!
It all came out so well! The tip tension is perfect and it makes the
most adorable "tink tink" sound when I wind the thread on and off it. It
holds a lot of thread and is very comfortable to tat with.
It is A LOT of work and I was lucky to have it come out so well on my
first try. I am so thrilled with it though. I'm kinda itchy to try it
again. :)
1 comment:
Looks very nice I like the pattern you put in the shuttle.
Margaret
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