Winter captured this autumn leave and covered it with ice crystals.
Who’s La Leipsig?
Welcome, my name is Helga van Leipsig and I am a maker of things, often jewelry. My life is an ongoing discovery of my own potential.
Radiant stems from Hedera helix.
The inspiring remains of the flower from Hedera helix.
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Hortensias Subtle Colors
Fading colors, lovely to see.
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The Beautiful Physalis seedpods
Who can resist the orange pods of the Physalis.
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Sambucus nigra, vlierbessen
Sambucus nigra, berries
Vlierbessen
Dark berries in combination with red stems.
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Visiting Munich, galeries and museum.
A beautiful waterplay just opposite the Frauenkirche.
On a beautiful october day I was lucky to have one day to spend in Munich just on my own. I decided on several galeries a museum and one church. I started taking the metro to the centre of the town. From there it was a short walk to the Frauenkirchen that is considered a landmark and a symbol of the Bavarian capital city.
Then I started looking for Galerie Hund. It is a galerie that carries artists like Angela Hübel, Bettina Dittlmann & Michael Jank, Christiane Iken, and others… Here you will find a lot of gold and silver jewelry beautiful made. Isabella Hund, the owner of the shop and maker of many pieces in the shop showed me some fine examples.
The museum “der Pinothek der moderne” was next on my list. I got sidetracked by a galerie just opposite with the name: Galerie an der Neue Pinotheca der Moderne from Barbera Ruetz. Here work from artist Beili Lui was on display. Her installation with red circles touched me. I had the chance to sit undisturbed by anyone. I higly recommend her work.
Beili Liu installation | Lure/Forest, Thread, needle, dimesions variable, (each coil 2-5" in diameter)
Beili Liu - Toil | burned paper rolled to these vulnerable shapes put on a wall. A soft breeze moves them.
Galerie Spektrum in Munich
Munich museum area
Galerie Spektrum had a solo exhibition of danish artist Karen Pontoppidan, Canvas. In stock work from Ruudt Peters, Anton Cepka, Iris Eichenberg, Peter Scubic… and more!
It was a well spent day with in the evening a large German beer and some food in a beer garten and finishing it of with dancing some salsa with my man!
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Sunny Sparkly Earrings
Playing around with a new punch and my Ceramic Decals I made these fun earrings that catch the attention everytime I wear them. First I made the squares that have a shallow concave shape with silver metal clay. After thumbling I applied the decals and fired them to make the bond permanent.
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The Making of a Web Class
Hi there!
Here a little peep into the making of the Ceramic Decals web class. On wednesday 12 oktober 8pm ET, I will be live on Craftcast. Right now I am finalizing my material for the decal class. Lots of information, pictures and even videos to make the process clear.
I started with making a storyboard (see picture below) of how I wanted the information to be organized. It was a fun thing to do! I found so much information that I wanted to share 
. The class has six chapters:
Ceramic Decals
Tools
Applying Decals
Firing Instruction
Trouble Shooting
Gallery
All filled with many examples. Alison and I will talk in a class like setting.
If you are taking the class life you can even ask questions through a chat box.
Isn’t that amazing what technology can do nowdays!!!
Sign up for class right here: Ceramic Decals with Helga van Leipsig
“Pieces made with this technique have a different look then, for example, enamel. It opens another array of applying color or graphic work on jewellery. It can be an excellent way of developing a production line.”
PS: Even after 12 oktober you can download the class!
Organizing through a storyboard.
A look at my desktop right now.
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