Marcia Wallace & The Crystal Garden
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Marcia Wallace & The Crystal Garden
We caught up with artist Marcia Wallace of Westmont, Illinois and asked her about her gorgeous flower pots she decorates with Mayco crystal glazes.
CW: Marcia, your use of Mayco glazes in your garden are truly beautiful. Tell us a little bit about your ceramics experience.
MW: I have been doing ceramics as a hobby for over 20 years and I’m more of an addict at this point. I also love to garden. This allows me to blend both of my hobbies and end up with something beautiful in the end.
CW: So it looks as if you have used very large terra cotta pots as your canvas, why is that?
MW: I was unable to find really large pots in commercial bisque so I decided to try glazing a pot I bought at my local home improvement store. It fired great and I loved how the crystals looked so I became hooked. I now search for unusual shapes and pots that have texture too.
CW: So you love our crystals? Have you used other glazes?
MW: I love the look that Jungle Gems and the Crystalites give when used over the Terra Cotta clay. It’s always fun to see if they changed at all from the chips I have that show the colors on white clay, and by changed I mean look GORGEOUS! Mayco crystals are so bright and colorful I just love the huge variety of colors to choose from. I have started to use Elements and Element Chunkies in combination and find they also are very nice over the terra cotta clay
CW: Do you have any tips for our readers?
MW: Don’t be afraid to experiment. I sometimes will layer different colors of crystals as well as putting Foundations over or under my coat(s) of crystals. I also find that firing some glazes at 05 instead of 06 I can get a little different look on this color clay. I have even fired pots upside down to have the pattern of the crystals be a little different.
CW: So what’s next in your adventure in glazing pots for your beautiful garden?
MW: I would love to find some pots made of stoneware so I could experiment with your stoneware glazes! Hint hint.