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Janet Gadallah

247 Spring Point Rd

“As a porcelain clay artist, I use various methods to create my work. I use a slab roller as the base for most of my tile and dish work. Tiles are cut out of slabs and then carved or pressed with rollers I have made. I use real leaves, rocks, shells, and anything else nature has to offer to imprint the porcelain. Once they have dried, which can take a week or so, depending on the time of year, they go into their first firing. In order to reproduce some of my tiles, I make plaster molds that can be used multiple times. Then it’s time for glazing and re-firing, after which the tiles are ready to be installed in the creations for which they were designed. Some of my mirror and table work is done in the mosaic style. I fuse glass pieces and tumble rocks, Using underglazes, I screen print my own designs and some commercially available art directly onto tiles I have made.”