Porcelain Art /Awards/Links

Art is like an ill-trained Labrador retriever that drags you out into traffic.” -Annie Dillard

Awards:

Ft Worth Ceramic Art Guild ,


Best Original in Clay Award- 1995 and 1996.

t. Worth Ceramic Art Guild


Best in Show 1997



Dallas Ceramic Art Show , “Peggy Award”


Best Original Work In Show by a Professional








About Porcelain


Porcelain is a ceramic material made by firing China clay and China stone in a kiln at temperatures in the region of 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit. The resulting material is hard, strong, glassy and durable . Usually white or off-white, porcelain comes in both glazed and unglazed varieties, with bisque, fired at a high temperature, representing the most popular unglazed variety. Unlike their lower-fired counterparts, porcelain wares do not need glazing to render them impermeable to liquids and for the most part are glazed for decorative purposes and to make them resistant to dirt and staining. Simply speaking the difference between porcelain and ceramics is that the porcelain is translucent, which allows light to penetrate and hard and very strong.



Great Porcelain Artists and Art links on the web!


Ceramic Arts Forum


Ceramic beads and other really nice ceramic art, lots of information


Enchanted Gardens
Welcome to Enchanted Gardens, your source for unique miniature fairy garden accessories. Bring fairytales to life in your very own backyard with our collection of handcrafted miniature fairy houses, fairy doors and unique garden miniatures. We wish you an enchanted journey into the magical world of fairy gardening and miniatures!


Joan Miller Porcelain

Porcelain beads by Joan Miller. Featuring sea life, garden creatures and other fun designs

http://www.figurines-sculpture.com/


Insights into figurines, sculpture and fine china making



Animal Rescue Links-


Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary



The Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary , Inc., is the largest wild bird hospital and rehabilitation center in the United States

Southeast Border Collie Rescue League


We are the Southeast Border Collie Rescue League of Florida (aka SEBCRL), a private not-for-profit breed rescue shelter organization founded in 1984 and based upon compassion and understanding for the needs of our breed.

Best Friends Animal Society


Lots of people talk to animals…. Not very many listen, though…. That’s the problem.

~Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh