It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most
I dropped by the studio yesterday to finish some pieces from the last session. This week is the 'tween time so the space was quiet and empty. It felt comfortable being there, and I think I've finally managed to get past my glaze fear. Darrell shared a little about how the liquid acts with the bisqueware and it all made a lot more sense. The mystery is still there, but I feel like I'm now an initiate, or at least that I've been taught the secret handshake.
Never be put off by glazing - you get some of the best effects by just fooling around and trying different things.
What you have achieved is a far cry from the blobby stuff I used to achieve in primary school. ;)
One common effect that gets used to death locally is firing using green eucalyptus leaves. The oils in the leave affect the glaze and give it an irridescent mottled effect.
Oh, I've had the blobby stuff, too, and once recently. I have been a bit afeared of the process, but as I've gotten more familiar with it, that's abated. I've gone from struggling with strange liquid mixtures to trying to develop a color pallette. Seems a step in the right direction.
At my present studio, I'm a little limited in the effects I can try. I have to admit, though, that sounds very cool even if it is overused.
It's a pitcher, and unintentionally smallish. I think I'd like it better if I had managed to do what I had intended with it. The frosty area was supposed to be a band separating the blue from the dusty brown. I messed up my dunk, though, so things just started going crazy.
The pitcher is the one that I had planned on passing along a while back. Fair warning, though... it is flawed. It's a bit too diminuative and has a handle that flings wildly into space.
It's really amazing to see the transformation. Generally speaking, the mix looks nothing at all like the colors that come once they get heated to several thousand degrees. I should have them back by next week.
I don't think it would bother me at all. Most of the time when I'm working, there are people all around me, so whatever private space I work in is what I create naturally.
Now I need to figure out how to contain drips when I do dips. I remember Wayne talking about using wax resist after the first dip, but I think that it's something I'll have to ask about again.
It's a neat color combination, and one that I'm trying again in the jar at the top. That will look a little different since I didn't leave as much in the way of wheel marks on that piece, but we'll see what comes of it.
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