Handmade Ceramics Earrings by Jade Harper

This collection of handmade ceramics earrings by Jade Harper explores the creative possibilities of Cone 6 glazes on both porcelain and black stoneware. Each pair combines carefully layered commercial glazes, including AMACO Indigo Float, Chun Plum, Blue Rutile, Textured Turquoise, Ancient Copper, Shipwreck, Storm, Snow, Obsidian, and Seaweed, to produce unique patterns, color transitions, and surface textures.

Inspired by natural forms such as leaves, water droplets, weathered stone, and coastal landscapes, these earrings transform ceramic glaze techniques traditionally used on pottery into wearable art. Rich blues, deep greens, copper tones, and textured boundaries create miniature ceramic surfaces that invite close observation.

From subtle glaze layering to dramatic glaze interactions, every design highlights the individuality of handmade ceramics. The collection demonstrates how clay, glaze chemistry, and firing combine to create jewelry that is both decorative and distinctly ceramic in character.

Dark Blue Leaves

• Clay body: Black Stoneware
• AMACO Indigo Float x3 under
• AMACO Chun Plum x3

These handmade ceramics earrings by Jade Harper feature AMACO Indigo Float layered beneath AMACO Chun Plum on black stoneware. Fired to Cone 6, the glaze combination creates deep blue and violet tones with subtle variation across the surface. The leaf-inspired shape and rich colors make these earrings a distinctive example of wearable ceramic art

Dark blue Droplets

• Clay body: Black Stoneware
• AMACO Blue Rutile x3 under
• AMACO Chun Plum x3

These handmade ceramics earrings by Jade Harper combine AMACO Blue Rutile beneath AMACO Chun Plum on black stoneware. The layered Cone 6 glazes create deep blue, plum, and charcoal tones that gather softly across the teardrop-shaped forms. Elegant and lightweight, they showcase how pottery glazes can be transformed into wearable ceramic jewelry

Leopard Leaves

• Clay Body: Porcelain
• Ancient Copper x3 at the top,
• Storm x3 at the bottom with
• A stripe of Snow x3 where they meet

Excerpt:

These handmade ceramics earrings by Jade Harper feature a layered glaze combination of Ancient Copper, Storm, and Snow on porcelain. The warm copper tones transition into deep blue-black pools, while a band of Snow creates a dramatic textured boundary between the two colors. Inspired by natural patterns found in stone, bark, and weathered landscapes, these earrings transform Cone 6 glazes into distinctive wearable art.

Copper Coins

• Clay body: Porcelain
• Ancient copper x3 at the top
• Shipwreck x3 at the bottom, no overlap.

Excerpt:

This pair features Ancient Copper and Shipwreck in a simple yet effective Cone 6 glaze design. Warm metallic copper tones meet deep blue-green Shipwreck along a natural horizon line, creating a surface reminiscent of weathered metal and coastal stone. The round form highlights the contrast between the two glazes, turning a classic color pairing into elegant wearable ceramic art.

Droplets Nr.2

• Clay body: Black Stoneware
• AMACO Blue Rutile x3 under
• AMACO Textured Turquoise x3

Droplets Nr.2 explores the interaction between AMACO Blue Rutile and AMACO Textured Turquoise on black stoneware. The Blue Rutile base introduces warm speckling and earthy variation beneath the brighter turquoise layer, creating a surface that resembles mineral deposits, weathered copper, or droplets of water on stone. The dark clay body frames the glaze effects beautifully, adding depth and contrast to this compact Cone 6 glaze combination.

Black Beauties

• Clay body: Porcelain
• Obsidian x3
• thick coat of Seaweed at the top

Black Beauties showcases a simple but effective glaze combination on porcelain. Three coats of AMACO Obsidian create a deep glossy black foundation, while a heavy application of AMACO Seaweed at the top introduces subtle blue-green movement and metallic flashes. The interaction between the two glazes remains restrained, producing an elegant surface with depth, contrast, and quiet complexity-proof that even minimal glaze layering can deliver rich Cone 6 results.

Credit: Jade Harper