Lisa Elbertsen, a potter and crocheter from British Columbia, wrote the following to our Crochet Bouquet Along group on Ravelry:
“I do pottery and I am always trying to imprint my clay with live ferns. It usually works but it needs to be quite deep into the clay as by the time it is fired and glazed, you can’t always see the fern that well. I also can only use one fern at a time as they usually break after one use BUT a crocheted fern in acrylic yarn won’t!”
Lisa’s experiments with the crocheted fern were intriguing, so I asked her to make a piece for me. She created this beautiful plate, which is imprinted with a crocheted Fern Leaf from Crochet Bouquet. The plate arrived in the mail last week, and I am a very proud owner.
I hope you’ll visit Lisa Elbertsen’s web site to see more of her pottery designs, like tea pots, lanterns, bird houses, and pitchers. Lisa also lists craft shows and exhibitions where her pottery and crochet pieces are for sale.