NKP designs » Natalie

This past summer I created 100 mini- planters, big enough to grow wheat grass seed. So pretty! Below is a link to a short Instagram video. You don’t need the app to view it. Enjoy https://www.i...

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I have been absent of late from the Las Cruces Farmer’s Market. I’ve been in the studio experimenting, creating, failing, trying again, succeeding, cleaning…you get the picture! Yesterday I...

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Yesterday I had my first Farmer’s Market show of the year. It was cold but I wore my battery operated thermal vest and stayed toasty warm. I set up in the sunshine and realized that I had bette...

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A few years ago a good friend gifted me a beautiful antique linen. She’s also a potter, so she knew I’d love it. I have used this more than a few times, but thought I’d share the process. A...

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I threw 13 bowls today. All different sizes and shapes. I’ll glaze them similarly so while eclectic, they will match. Then I took them off their bats, cleaned the bats, then cleaned up. I love ...

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I’m switching to a lowfire smooth red earthenware clay and that means finding studio glazes that will play nicely. I’ve always worked in high or mid-fire clays, but hardly ever the earthenwar...

https://nkpdesigns.com/lowfire-glaze-testing-cone-04/

The challenge for me in photographing my beads and pottery is that the lighting here in Southern New Mexico is so different than in Fort Worth, Texas. Even inside under controlled conditions I am...

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Oh boy! Beads! I am getting ready for a one day bead show scheduled on the Facebook Ceramic Art Beads Market for May 10. I am going through my huge stash and pulling out my favorites, many of whi...

https://nkpdesigns.com/getting-my-beads-on/

I am so happy to see the birds in my backyard utilizing these ceramic bird waterers. The water should be changed every few days, not only so the water is fresh but so that they don’t become mos...

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Oh the birds! They are singing so loudly: cheeps, trills, peeps, coos. Nature music! I spotted a northern mockingbird high in the ponderoda pine this morning. He was on the very top. Took me a mi...

https://nkpdesigns.com/spring-in-new-mexico/

Time to record my glazing adventures so I can recall after firing. All the pots pictured were in the process of being glazed when I snapped their photo. Underneath each pot will be the finished ...

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Gardening in this backyard is very satisfying. To weed amongst the many cacti is bravery in action. This cactus is in bloom today and I just had to capture it.

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In July my husband and I sold our house of 35 years in Fort Worth, Texas and moved back to Sunny New Mexico, where we both were raised. A new move means a lot of change and one of them is to rebr...

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I adore canna lillies. They are, for me, the perfect background flower in any back or front or side yard. They require minimal watering or care. And they bloom profusely all summer long. I took m...

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Seven years and a few months ago I had my first ’round’ of chemo and my first radiation treatment.  My mother had driven 800 miles to take care of me while my hubby was at work and during th...

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I might as well showcase my new vase that I just added to my etsy store this morning. I have a few coffee mugs in this same design, which I also mentioned on my facebook ‘fan’ page. If I had ...

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This morning I decided to take some photos of my newest mugs which came out of the kiln last week. I would have liked to promote and blog about these last week, but it was a busy week and I could...

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Hi all … I put my Etsy shop in vacation mode (once again) as I had Jury Duty this week. The case was canceled and I was dismissed as a jury and I am sorry to say that I am thrilled to not have ...

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I’m pleased to announce that after a couple of days of googling, watching You Tube Videos, and many false starts, I am now able to process multiple pictures with one click in Gimp.  I probably...

https://nkpdesigns.com/gimp-update/

 A few months back Etsy kindly gave all its artists the ability to post up to 10 photos of our artistic endeavors. Previously it had been five, which I thought was a bit excessive, but I complie...

https://nkpdesigns.com/delicate-scroll-textures-and-other-important-photography-and-etsy-facts/

It’s been rough the past year or two. It started with my mother having a severe stroke, then in October of 2017 she finally passed. My father passed this last March of a stroke, also. My mother...

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