Vertical Lines Face Mug P09249-P00129 The hand carved bright red

The hand carved bright red basswood bead is flanked by a bright silver circle and black line of sterling tubing

The paper was then adhered to the canvas and stretched

African white hearts

all strung on ocean blue kyanite beads

green aragonite

Vertical Lines Face Mug P09249-P00129 The hand carved bright redHalvorsen's face mugs are made on the potters wheel using a white stoneware clay. The faces are added to the thrown form using hand building techniques. Once the bottom is finished and the handle added the mug is coated with black slip, a liquid colored clay. When the mug is dry enough to handle the patterns are carved using the sgrafitto technique of cutting through the the slip coating to reveal the white clay. Once the mug is bisque fired a black