Creative Designs from the Heart of Alabama
Becky is currently working on creating an ocean theme collection of pottery…She has always had a love for the water and especially the ocean, this inspired her to start making images of ocean creatures out of clay. Here you see a few of the things in her growing collection. Soon you may see this inspiration emerge in some of her glass work as well.
Becky takes ordinary items, dresses them up and many times gives them a new life as something different. What she does with jars is an example of the diversity of her creations.
An antique dining table had seen better days but Becky saw what it could become. She took it and sanded it to its bare form and refinished the top, distressed the bottom and it was transformed into a piece that was wanted by several. it found a new home and a renewed life.
The antique dining table was done with the combination refinish and distressed method She often uses. The first picture is the table in progress, the second is the finished product. This was a popular item initiating requests for commissioned items. The original is sanded down to bare wood for the portion to be stained and sealed, and the rest to a point to accept paint. Becky then sands areas to reflect wear and uses a stain to accentuate the spots until she is satisfied with the result. The piece is then sealed either with a permanent wax sealer or a poly finish depending on the anticipated use for it.
