![pots & flowers](../_Media/pots--flowers_med_hr.jpeg)
I decided to create a floral installation for my own yard with colored porcelain.
I wanted to work quickly so added a slurry of flax and clean office paper to both the white and colored porcelain. This particular porcelain is very finicky but a paper inclusion totally tamed it into a very friendly clay.
![building the colored porcelain flowers](../_Media/building-the-colored-porcel_med_hr.jpeg)
Since I was working with paper porcelain I was able to dry the flowers overnight without any special care.
![colored paper porcelain flowers drying](../_Media/colored-paper-porcelain_med_hr.jpeg)
They were durable so I did not lose a single flower during the process.
![Colored paper porcelain flowers in kiln](../_Media/colored-paper-porcelain_med_hr-2.jpeg)
The first firing was in oxidation to Cone 04
![colored paper porcelain flowers ready to glaze](../_Media/colored-paper-porcelain_med_hr-3.jpeg)
Here they are, ready for glazing.
![glazed colored paper porcelain flowers in kiln](../_Media/glazed-colored-paper-porcel_med_hr.jpeg)
I tinted the glaze so that I could easily see where it was.
Glazed and being loaded to be fired to Cone 6 Ox.
![Cone 6 fired colored paper porcelain flowers](../_Media/cone-6-fired-colored-paper_med_hr.jpeg)
Kiln cooled and open on a very successful firing.
![gluing leaves to porcelain flowers](../_Media/gluing-leaves-to-porcelain_med_hr.jpeg)
The next step involves gluing the leaves to the flowers. After the glue was dry and set, I installed them around my yard.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF PROJECT
![orange single](../_Media/orange-single_med_hr.jpeg)
I glued nails to the base of these single blooms so I could push them into the soil.
![blue & moss](../_Media/blue--moss_med_hr-2.jpeg)
![blue & house](../_Media/blue--house_med_hr.jpeg)
A blossom near an 'Italian Villa' luminary I made many years ago.
A Tower from the Italian Villa series. The aged white crackle is a lichen glaze by Lana Wilson. The chimney vents the heat from a candle placed inside.
![mauve&rock](../_Media/mauverock_med_hr.jpeg)
![gardenias](../_Media/gardenias_med_hr.jpeg)
These ‘gardenias' catch the dappled sunlight
![blue flowers with house](../_Media/blue-flowers-with-house_med_hr.jpeg)
This series was a great success. My neighbors are intrigued by my permanent flowers.