I glazed this mug last night with Ron's "Cream" glaze, dotting some of the birds with his green glaze. The circlets are dotted with his amber glaze. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens when its fired. I'm pretty new at throwing plates, and this one isn't much to write home about. But it served well enough as a palette for another scrafitto design I started on last night. The quail's not finished yet. And I'm not sure if I like the little resist petals behind the bird?
Two cave art bottles came out of the bisque kiln last week. The clay body is Loafers Glory and --boy--did it shrink in the bisque. Once the gas kiln gets through with 'em, these bottles will be about the size of perfume atomizers!
I'm contunually amazed by how bright the underglazes are after the bisque...when they look so dull & muted before they meet the heat.
The horse bottle is in the bisque kiln now. (Nearly 12" high going in.) It shares space with two other pieces.
Most of the images on my parietal pieces are taken from actual images painted on cave walls (primarily) in France. But this little guy is my first "original". He happened quite by accident when the slab I was prepping with slips & oxides broke in my hands. Immediately I saw a tortoise head. Not sure what the cave artists would think of my experiment but I enjoyed straying.
In the kitchen, another flock of birds are in various stages of drying. Some will be soft-burnished, others will be hard burnished, all in preparation for Jim Whalen's second workshop in March. No bird pix for now though. You've seen them all before.
7 comments:
I think the 'petals' on the plate look like feathers... I really like the depth they give. A beautiful bird etching. I'm not surprised.
Amy, thank you. I'm sorry I missed you at the studio tonight. Sure do look forward to Saturday!
Your sgrafito looks great, both the mug and the quail, and I love your cave pieces.
Birds on a wire, you know I like that! The cave art pieces are looking great as usual.
Linda, thanks very much. I've been absent for class a lot this go 'round and am trying to catch up on what Ron's teaching us about slipping techniques.
I'm glad you like the cave pieces. They're what I love making best.
Jer, I hope you don't mind me borrowing the birds on a wire idea. I see them so often, perched above the city streets. I can't seem to manage making the telephone pole though. At least not yet.
Of course I don't mind! I certainly wasn't the first to come up with that motif after all.
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