Sunday, October 28, 2012
...and After!
Hmm. The stuff I thought would work didn't and the stuff I thought wouldn't did. Must be ceramics! Here are some images of my hanging pieces piece.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Barrel of Monkeys Style!
So my latest project involves hanging glazed pieces from each other from a base supported by bricks. Crazy, I know. I took some progress shots as I was building it up...errr...down. Some of the images are a little blurry, sorry about that.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Before...
Here is my latest "before" shot. Tomorrow I will post the construction of it in the kiln, and later of course will come the "after."
Searching for "Golden Crackle"
I been testing glazes lately, searching for a crawling metallic glaze at cone 10. The middle image here is the best I've done so far, I like the reflective goldish in the cracks. The problem with it is that is got over-fired, so it needs to be fluxed down further. Unfortunately, it's a touchy glaze and only a certain percentage of it can be flux, so it's not as simple as just increasing the % of flux. The top image is my last batch of tests, where I switched to a more powerful flux. Melted at the right temperature, but I lost the gold in the cracks. Bottom image is my latest tests going into the kiln now. Wish me luck.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Looking at Artists
I'm trying to spend more time looking at other ceramic artists and their approach to ceramics. Here is one Steve Belz, who's work I admire. Website
Saturday, October 6, 2012
...and After (ish).
So of course it didn't all go according to plan. The simpler parts of the project died and are currently being reconstructed. The good news is that my hollow orb forms of pieces came out ok. I will update again when all is finished properly and assembled. I also think I will do this again soon with some alterations.
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