Jan 19
I made this crown so that my kids would have something fun to play with, since they often like to play princesses and queens and whatnot. I used a technique given to me by a costumer at Westercon to make brigandine armor. I’m sorry to say I forgot which costumer told me this, but I …
Jan 17
Why do I have a picture of a gift bag? Surely it’s not because I ran out of art and wanted to use something as filler. Surely not! I was lucky enough to receive a gift card, and it came in a bag much like this. The bag intrigued me, so I took it apart …
Jan 15
With every load, I’ve been adding more small tiles for some unspecified mosaic project in the future. These I used a glaze I have two bottles of, called “terra cotta.” How funny–when you put terra cotta glaze on a terra cotta tile, the color looks…terra cotta. I’m not thrilled with them, but I will probably …
Jan 12
Cuerda Seca means “dry cord” and refers to using a waxed cord to separate areas of glaze. I’ve used a waxed beeswax cord before, and it’s not the best tool. Better is to use wax trailed from a jacquard bottle, especially wax with stain added, wax which has been designed for this purpose. Since this is the …
Jan 09
This is a purchased piece of bisqueware that I ordered online. I would like to make some of my own, but calculating the shrinkage is too much fuss for my taste. One of the things I wanted to try with this kiln was how the black wax worked. I’ve seen some lovely tiles that use …
