This is the second fake rock I did. I wanted the three of them to be as different from one another as possible, except for the glaze color and the concept. I started, again, by smashing the clay against a tree to give it texture, and then I put it on the wheel to carve out the smooth divot. When it had dried somewhat, I cut open a flap and hollowed it out, then closed it up again so you couldn’t tell. It’s still pretty heavy, but it’s not solid.
For the glaze, I used simple red iron oxide, which I painted all over and wiped off in places. The divot is a clear high fired glaze. I made these as candleholders, but I think that if you had a tiny spiked frog, you could use this for a pretty kick-ass ikeabana. Except that I don’t really like ikebana. But maybe someone could.
