Useful Ceramic Art

We have a small colander that my mother made and we use it often for rinsing small quantities of berries and grapes. You don't want to rinse off a large quantity because once they get wet they start growing mold, so you don't want to rinse off more than you are going to use in a day. Dry they will keep for several days.

My brother Andy and his fiance Dianne came to visit earlier this month. We were sitting around one afternoon/evening (it does not get dark till around 10PM) and we got to talking about ways to make money and Dianne pointed out that there is probably a big market for useful handmade ceramics, like this colander.

Andy had picked up a necklace for his daughter at the local farmer's market with her initial on a small ceramic square. That gives me the idea for computer keyboards with ceramic keycaps. You could even do a ceramic body for the keyboard, or maybe just a surround to give the keyboard a distinctive look.

Update December 2016 replaced missing picture.