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Yarn bowls. Makes me so happy that my poor attempt to make something is used to make something.

The USA has a thing called grits that would be right up your alley. Corn not oats, works better for my system, but same kind of thing. Americans don’t seem to appreciate grits with brown sugar, but put them with shrimp and we’re good.

Tenmoku would break really well over that texture. I feel you on the plates, most of mine don’t even get to the kiln before I discard them.

Thanks, yeah I was pretty happy. I looked up a bunch of articles and I think I’ll try a longer slower bisque firing. I did give these a drop and hold to try to resolve the pinholes but some of the things in this load were really bad anyway with a commercial glaze.

Cup fresh out of the kiln, tenmoku glaze

Cup with texture and a tenmoku glaze

Really thin application of tenmoku glaze on a test cup

Kiln opening today, cone 7 reduction (I planned for cone 6 but held it at temp a bit long). This included my first attempt at making glaze, a tenmoku recipe from Glazy. Happy but I need to be careful with pinholes and rim application.

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Clay sculpture face detail

Clay sculpture of a male nude crouching facing right

Clay sculpture of a male nude crouching facing left

Clay sculpture of a male nude facing front. Crouching

In the queue for bisque firing and I’m not sure that this one will survive the shrinkage. Wish me luck.

Green yarn bowl with a spiral for the wool, in sunshine

Green yarn bowl. This is the only survivor of 3, those spirals do love to snap off when handled by someone as clumsy as I am.

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A little reclining ceramic lady waiting to be decorated in gold luster. She’s wearing a pink bodysuit and has a big belly button.

Today, I deactivated Instagram, for a working artist this was a very tricky decision. I didn’t have a huge number of followers but the 7k I had really supported my work so it’s very scary to step away from. Friends here, please help me out by liking & sharing my posts, it would mean so much to me.

Can you spare a minute to help Xav Paice? Revoke Destiny Church's Charitable Status Due to Hate Crimes Incitement

Hate group under the pretense of church. These people are dangerous, and capitalizing on the most vulnerable (their members) as well as spreading hate. They're not a church.

Goals. Throwing big is so hard, it takes a lot to work up to.

I’m considering making plaster casts of my hands in various ways since doing a little one just this week and finding it rather difficult

Love your work, it’s really inspiring for a fledgling artist like me. How do out fire such large pieces, just a massive kiln or do you have some means to separate and reconstruct after?

These went off to get fired just before the holiday and I learned a bunch from doing them, but next time I will be more choosy. This was the first lot I did at home so lots of beginners mistakes.
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Clay figure in a stretch position

Clay figure in a stretch position

Clay figure in a stretch position

Off to get cooked tomorrow, wish me luck it’s already cracked a bit and the foot fell off

That’s a really positive thing, they listened and took the right action, right?

Here is a great replacement for the bird site, but what about those groups? I’ve stopped using Facebook but miss the group concept. I’ve also stopped using Facebook and so haven’t been in the group to discuss where to go, so I guess that makes it worse!

thanks, I'll certainly consider those.

Still working out proportions to be honest, I feel like his arms are too chunky for his legs so I might rework the whole bottom half

front view of clay sculpture torso

side-front view of clay sculpture torso

ass view of clay sculpture torso

Current work in progress. About 30cm tall. Needs some more work before I dry it for firing, but it's hollowed out now.