Deadline is looming...

That "comfortably far off" deadline is suddenly not-so-far-off, and the panic is beginning.  So much to do, and now the Easter break is here, it suddenly seems too close!

So, what have I got finished?  Well, there's various iron plates, from small to large, in ceramics...

This one is simply lumps of clay pressed into an old iron plate, which was then carefully removed as one whole piece.  Not very easy to do, but effective.  It was covered in copper carbonate, which should have given it a nice dark green colour in the cracks and crevasses.  Didn't work quite as well as I would have liked, but it's still given it a nice sheen.












These are all approx 1.5 inches long, are made from
porcelain, and are splattered with a translucent glaze. I made quite a lot of these!







I've also made some metal iron plates.  And a metal iron.  The iron was a whole lot of fun to do!  All made from copper, and "stitched" together with some nice strong cotton thread.

Along the same lines, I've done various irons in fabric.  It was a puzzle to decide what fabric to use for these, but I finally figured that you can't get much more "domestic" than ironing, so I should use some domestic fabrics...  An ironing board cover, and a tea-towel!