Outside Inspiration: Pierced Creamware

A couple weeks ago I posted a photo and links to porcelain carved in stunning open lace-like forms.  A lot of you readers really took ot the idea so when I ran across some 18th century pierced ‘creamware’ I thought I’d investigate as it looks like porcelain that may have inspired our prior Outside Inspiration artist, Jennifer McCurdy. I found some really exciting ideas including a short tutorial on how to  easily reproduce this look yourself.

Here are some modern examples of pierced creamware from a retail site called Mermaid Hut. These are plates turned into ornaments but the idea is to consider the possibilities of piercing the clay to make lacy designs. The shapes of the piercings and the patterning possibilities are endless.

In my search for more images, I happened upon this page about a really simple way to do this in polymer.  Just a quick and fun possibility to play with your clay this weekend!