Today, I threw a couple of bowls, but my ability to center was not working. It could have been partly due to the new-to-me clay I tried using. In addition, I trimmed three others. One of those three ended up being very experimental...in that I tried a version of mishima on the interior of the bowl. Mishima is a technique of painting a leather-hard vessel with an underglaze(s), then waxing the layer, and finally...carving a design in the underglaze/wax surface before the vessel is fired into bisque. I tried it, and we'll see how it comes out. Below are the five vessels of Batch #8 that I brought home today. Of them, there are two new things I tried. The stripy one was done with one base layer plus a second layer of alternating painted stripes of the base color and mulberry. The other first is where I used a base layer and added two different lip colors of different widths. Lately, I've noticed other potters getting some great results...
I came to visit via ninamarie's link up and since this is my first visit to your blog I did some reading back of previous blog posts... I love your digital images, but since I am a crocheter and attempting to find ways to make crochet into art I have to very much thank you for the inspiring image of the crown! It has set off a flurry of ideas for me!
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan! So glad the crown has been such an inspiration for you. I hope you'll share the results of the flurry of ideas you're having!
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