Neon-Cat Devon Rex

‘Barking Dog’ Decorative Tile

11 1/8” H X 8 7/16” L X 7/16” D; white stoneware; hand-carved & incised; terra sigillata with various ceramic stains.

‘Tapestry Cat’ Decorative Tile

11 1/8” H X 8 3/8” L X ¼” D; white stoneware; hand-carved & incised; pastel terra sigillata from stains and oxides.

'Yellow Bird's Song' - 10 3/4" H X 8 1/8" L X 2" D. Ceramic stains and oxides in terra sigillata. Hand carved, formed, and incised.

'Mallards' Song' - 7 1/2" H X 11 3/8" L X 3/8" D. Ceramic stains and oxides in terra sigillata. Hand carved and incised.

'Strange Fruit' - decorative tile

10 7/8" H X 8 1/4" L X 1/2" D
White spodumene-based stoneware with Lava Sand (scoria from NM).
Decoration: terra sigillata with oxides and stains. Background is terra ssig with lithium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide, titanium dioxide & Ultrox (zircconium silicate).
Electric kiln fired to 900 C (1652 F).

'Wolf's Song'

11 1/4" H X 8 3/8" L X 1/2" D
Native white clay collected along Trinity Trails (Clear Fork River) in Fort Worth, TX, with added copper oxide, 20% mixed white stoneware clays, and 6% Lava Sand (scoria).
Decoration: terra sigillata with oxides and stains.
Electric kiln fired to 900 C (1652 F).

‘Dudley as Mariner’ Decorative Tile

5 5/8” H X 11 5/8” L X 7/16” thick; Lava Sand tempered clay (Lava Sand is 85% albite scoria from a NM cinder cone volcano); hand-carved & incised; terra sigillata with stains and oxides.

‘Fractured By Your Love’ Decorative Tile

Asymmetrical - about 10” H X 8 ½” W X 3/8” D; mixed native clays with red copper oxide (Cu2O); hand-carved & incised; Burnt Umber, Ranger & Barnard clay terra sigillata with orange stain highlights.

‘Deco Horse’ Decorative Tile

Asymmetrical, about 11 ¾” H X 6 ¾” W X ½” D; Lava Sand clay body; hand-carved & incised; terra sigillata with copper-manganese carbonates and Caput Mortuum pigment.

‘Song Bird’ Decorative Tile

Asymmetrical - about 10 ¾” H X 7 ¾” W X ¾” D; Lava Sand clay body; hand-carved & incised; terra sigillata with cobalt oxide and ceramic stains.

Bison wall tile: 8 3/8" H X 11" L X 1 1/4" D; greensand clay body with added TSP;  the buffalo was decorated with an iron-manganese terra sigillata and a black slip made from local clays collected from along Trinity Trails near the Clear Fork River in Fort Worth.

'Horse' - 9 7/8" H X 7 3/16" W X 3/8" D

Native slips and colorants as collected off Trinity Trails in Fort Worth (Clear Fork River).

'Blue Cat' Tile -- 11.25: H X 7.5” L X 5/8” D

Local, hand-dug Fort Worth white clay with original glaze.

'Expectant' -- 8" L X 10" H X 1" D

Native red clay dug from along the Trinity Trails in Fort Worth, TX, with Neon-Cat's Cone 010 Lustre Glaze fired in my electric kiln.

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