Another smiley-ball filler piece until I get a chance to finish my new books and photograph them.
Category: Art
Dec 25
Dark Smiley Ball
Experimenting with photography again. This time I used the speaker stands/tripods to suspend a spotlight about 8 inches above the piece. Husband and daughter held the other two spot lights, as non-diffused fill. On one hand, I think that the level of detail is acceptable, if not great, and the shadows aren’t distracting, but on …
Dec 17
Weed Cup 1
This is the same dark brown clay I used in the “dark smiley” piece. I like the color of the clay body, but it’s rather porous and soaks up glaze. I needed something waxy and opaque to compete with it, and as I learned from the momiji cups, only white satin would do what I …
Dec 13
Momiji Cup 2
This was the sister cup to Momiji 1. I was experimenting with glaze techniques, so I used a different one on this cup. For this cup, I used white satin glaze plus a shino. Shinos can be a great way to bring out detail, especially details of depth. While it’s interesting, it’s not quite what …