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spring rust pickings 3.9.2017

March 9, 2017November 13, 2017by Rachel ImslandLeave a Comment on spring rust pickings 3.9.2017
spring rust pickings 3.9.2017

Wisconsin is beginning to experience spring-like weather, which means the street cleaners are out, brushing and sucking and cleaning up garbage, debris, and treasures from the streets. For the past few months, snow covered the streets and curbs, and the street melange added up over that time, hidden from view. Now that the warmer temps have [...]

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clay&rust series 11.10.2016

November 10, 2016November 13, 2017by Rachel Imsland5 Comments on clay&rust series 11.10.2016
clay&rust series 11.10.2016

I've got my clay&rust series just about completed. The glue is drying on my second-to-the-last vase, so I expect to be finished tomorrow. The series consists of 12 pieces, all vases. I waited until I had all the vases glazed and fired, then laid them out on a table to "try on" the pieces of [...]

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clay and rust 7.14.2017

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016by Rachel ImslandLeave a Comment on clay and rust 7.14.2017
clay and rust 7.14.2017

More on my clay and rust theme. I threw two pots on the wheel, then used my hands to squish in two sides in order to make a flat surface to attach a piece of rusty metal. I wrote about my hunt for rust here. The first time I happened upon a piece of rust laying [...]

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hunt for rust 7.7.2016

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016by Rachel Imsland3 Comments on hunt for rust 7.7.2016
hunt for rust 7.7.2016

Last month, my daughter's boyfriend Seth took me to an auto junk yard - my very first time visiting such an amazing collection of old cars and trucks. Seth was on the hunt for the brown Honda Civic he junked last year, and I was on the hunt for rust. I'm amazed and delighted by [...]

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earth and metal 4.20.2016

April 20, 2016by Rachel Imsland3 Comments on earth and metal 4.20.2016
earth and metal 4.20.2016

I found a rusting, flat piece of metal on the street a couple months ago, and thought it'd look great on a ceramic piece. Because I wanted a large, flat area to display the metal, I built this vase out of rolled-out clay slabs. On newspaper, I sketched out a design, folded it in half [...]

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