Very nice simple precise design. I need back in the mud hole
Paws

Hi Butterfly, I love your vase. It looks so effective. Bet you get lots of compliments.

Marly, Your vase is beautiful, such simple lines and so elegant. How did you grind up the vermiculite for this one?

Jilly

Marly,
the vase is elegant and simple plus with the salsa bottle still inside it is truly a vase that can hold water and flowers.
The type of work where you have left a space and done another color after the piece is set is called Buhling (I think). I am sure someone out there will call it the correct name if I got it wrong. The book that has the information in it is not at my fingertips right now.
Again nice vase!
Thanks for sharing it,
Dena

I think your vase is exactly what I've been thinking about myself !! How did you manage that beautiful lip ??? That's a problem for me - I love the idea of keeping the jar inside, too.

Marly, your vase is lovely--you have such a nice sense of proportion. How green was your mixture when you cut it out for your inlay? What tools did you use? Did you have a hard time keeping the black off the white while you were putting it in? You're giving me a million new ideas! (as always)

Deb

I've a newbie question for you. How did you attach the lip of the vase at such a late stage? What are the rules for doing that?
-Allison

Allison, I put the lip on the vase after I had applied the second layer of tufa and did the cutout and filling in with another colour. The tufa was all still soft at this point. I put the vase on a lazy susan mechanism to assist with the 'turning' to keep it circular. You can keep adding and subtracting (carving) to and from your tufa for a day or two. Just be sure to keep it covered and misted down.

Hope that answered your question? LOVE newbies!!!! I was one not so long ago!

Marly

Both of your new pieces are handsome! And your tutorials are downright wonderful. Thank you for sharing all of your hard work. It gives rest of us both inspiration and aspiration.
spiderwoman

Thanks Spiderwoman!

It isn't 'hard work' ... more like 'freaking enjoyable'! lol

Marly

Marly,

Wow nice vase. What did you use to do the cutout? I just purchased some new bits for my dremel and I'm going to try some carving. Thanks for sharing.

Amy

Cool vase! Never thought about covering a jar or bottle before. Pretty clever.
Jo

Amy, I just sorta scooped it out while it was still wet and workable. I used the 'triangle' shaped tool in this jar of tools of mine...
{{gwi:68733}}

Jo... can't claim that bottle idea as an original of mine! Rockhewer from another forum was the one who got me started doing this. I will be keeping an eye out for unusual shaped bottles for future vases. These are fun and easy to do!

Marly

Hi Marly
It's great to see someone give credit where credit is due.:)
It's a nice vase.
I have the same clay working tools although I have better luck pressing indents into tufacrete than removing material.

That is beautiful, hope i can get to that level!!

Awww, Thanks Marly. I may have started it but you took it to another level right away. My attempt can be seen in the gallery under 1st Tufa attempts or something like that and shows I'm just a beginner. Great Job on the vase.

I love you vase Marly. Thanks for the inspiration! Another idea to add to my to-do list.

Serene