"Tortoise" (which was an accident initially) pleased me more. A friend of ours, who just had surgery on her collar bone, believes the tortoise is her spirit animal. So "Tortoise" will be a get well present for her.
I was much happier with the bottles. "Herd" and "Fossil Fish" are pictured here. "Herd" is based on a cave painting found in the End Chamber of Chauvet Cave, Valion-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche, France. While "Fossil Fish" is based on paintings from the Nerja Cave in Spain. The original creatures might have been fish or, perhaps, seals.
"Herd" had some interesting things going on with the glazes. A side view ---
---and the back of the bottle.
This bottle - "Communication" - turned out to be my favourite from this firing.
The bar & dot designs are part of the main panel in the Lionin Cave in Asturias, Spain. That cave was used as a cheese cellar until the discovery of its paintings in 1971. The bison at the bottom right was my own addition. A close-up---
Once again, the glaze action on the back of the bottle intrigued me.
Keeping the images "raw" while glazing the rest of the form appeals to me. And I like the the "topper" ? His horns pick up the horns of the bison. Just wish I'd made them a bit more curved like the painting. All in all I was happy with the results from this firing. I'm looking forward to further experiments with the mason stained pieces.
Hope you have a grand weekend!!!!
8 comments:
wow.. i really like the titles of the pieces, the rich glazing, how you are incorporating what you've learned with your experiences on the pieces, etc... and the pics. Neat! What an adventure you're on with cave art.
Love them all. I like the communication bottle best as well. That little guy on top is amazing. He looks like he is made of bone or tooth, and the darkening on the horns looks so natural. Congratulations!
Hope to see you soon.
Those bottles are so good. I don't know if I can pick a favorite, but the topper is wonderful.
I also like the fact that you are using motifs and drawings from specific caves on your pieces. Great work.
I love the little horney devil toppers. Good stuff.
Your blended glazes are wonderful and I love topper, the horns are so realistic. I also like herd. I'll bet all of these are even more fantastic in person. Great work.
just reread this post. so why is the one called communication? I'm intrigued.
Great work Becky, like the "Tortoise" esp.
Amy, John, Jer, Cinder, Linda & Max,
Thanks so much for your comments! They're a big motivator to keep creating and I really appreciate that!
Amy, I picked "communication" because of the design of dots and dashes from that particular cave. A sort of visual, parietal Morse code? ;)
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