I thought it was time to update people on my big idea so here are two images of the pieces that I am working on for the first 3 weeks. The are slipcast porcelain, very thin! The idea is to take textures from near the river and create vessels from the textures. I have not quite got it right yet, The porcelain is too brittle to shape properly but I feel as if I am on my way. The flatter 'dish like' shape actually has pieces of reed embedded in it which will burn out during firing. Hopefully I will be left with something imperfect and highly textured. Then I will use oxides to colour parts of it before a second firing. I am really excited about the outcome of the first firing, which I should know by tomorrow... Fingers crossed!
I thought it was time to update people on my big idea so here are two images of the pieces that I am working on for the first 3 weeks. The are slipcast porcelain, very thin! The idea is to take textures from near the river and create vessels from the textures. I have not quite got it right yet, The porcelain is too brittle to shape properly but I feel as if I am on my way. The flatter 'dish like' shape actually has pieces of reed embedded in it which will burn out during firing. Hopefully I will be left with something imperfect and highly textured. Then I will use oxides to colour parts of it before a second firing. I am really excited about the outcome of the first firing, which I should know by tomorrow... Fingers crossed!
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