Margy Jean Balwierz Handmade Stonewear Flower Tile

Margy Jean Balwierz Handmade Stonewear Flower Tile Rural Western Wisconsin artist She first rolls and cuts coarse red clay, then after a day of drying, etches her design. She applies her glazes three coats thick with very small paint brushes, and after the clay becomes bone dry, it is high fired in an electric kiln to stoneware solidity. A second glazing and firing brings out the intensity of her colors.