Fast Forward a few days and here's another firing for this piece. Do you feel the mountain breezes?
This started as a broken circle, creating interesting angles. Shall I say..LEMONADE?
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Inspired Sunset
Fast Forward a few days and here's another firing for this piece. Do you feel the mountain breezes?
This started as a broken circle, creating interesting angles. Shall I say..LEMONADE?
Sunday, June 17, 2012
This is inspired by a friend and I'm back to continue it.
Did I ever explain what this will be? All the colors of the rainbow will be used to create this colorful sunset/sunrise and the triangular mountains will be held within this circle.
Step 1-I applied 9 colors of powders and took it to full fuse. The shelf broke but gave me an interesting shape so I'm keeping it.
This is Step 2-more of 3 colors have been applied for more saturation. Let's see what it looks like after firing.
Did I ever explain what this will be? All the colors of the rainbow will be used to create this colorful sunset/sunrise and the triangular mountains will be held within this circle.
Step 1-I applied 9 colors of powders and took it to full fuse. The shelf broke but gave me an interesting shape so I'm keeping it.
This is Step 2-more of 3 colors have been applied for more saturation. Let's see what it looks like after firing.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Knowing when enough is enough
I couldn't get the looks I wanted but I keep trying (ie-adding more powder). I still might be able to salvage this piece, but not before the art show and not exactly the image I was hoping for. I'll post more if/when I work on this some more.
I wouldn't call this piece a failure, but I should have stopped with just the original image. I tried to add koi with blue and that ended up looking like a blue smudge. So I decided to try and cover it up with a red koi. Next time when I'm happy with an image, I'm stopping there!
I wouldn't call this piece a failure, but I should have stopped with just the original image. I tried to add koi with blue and that ended up looking like a blue smudge. So I decided to try and cover it up with a red koi. Next time when I'm happy with an image, I'm stopping there!
Sunday, June 3, 2012
So much news
I can't believe it's been 3 months since I last posted! The last post was on a kiln shelf that ended up breaking and it caused the glass to "twist." Of course I normally have the shelf on the floor, but this time I decided to put it up on posts..Arggg. I won't make that mistake again.
Do I start this blog with all the problems I've had lately? Or the successes? I'll start with the problems first so I can end on a positive note.
Lately it seems like I've has so many pieces break or just come out with problems.
I had 2 night lights that broke when I tried to slump it. Then there's the one I mentioned above where the kiln shelf broke. And a piece I really liked (pictured below before cold working) but then the corner broke off when I was using the lap grinder. This was a very disappointing accident since I liked the way this piece turned out and I used a new technique of making "glass paper" and a punch for the cherry blossoms.
I liked this one :( It broke on my way to use the lap grinder in class.
These two nightlights stuck to the mold I made from fiberboard. Go figure! I thought glass won't stick to fiberboard, but I'm wrong and here's another learning lesson.
AND when I went to take pictures of these mishaps, I knocked over a "painting" from powder frit I had waiting for the next firing! There went that hour wasted.
So on top of these mishaps, I just found a dead lizard that I didn't know was in the window when I shut it. AND the baby bird that is nesting in the bush by my studio was scared out of it's nest by my dogs. I finally caught it, made a nest out of an empty plastic container and old strips from a t-shirt, and I stuck him(her?) back into the bush. The momma and daddy birds were very protective when my dogs were there and when I was rescuing their baby. I'm hoping they'll take care of their baby and continue giving it warmth and food. I think if this baby survives tonight, things should be fine.
On a more positive note, back at the beginning of May I found out I was accepted to a juried art show on June 9th so I've been busy making pieces for this show. The weeping cherry blossom was supposed to be one of the items to sell but you just read what happened to that piece.
Not all pieces have been failrues. Here are some pieces I think are successful:
I made a base with a small light for these two sconces but I really think they would look better as a true wall sconce. Unfortunately that would mean I would have to buy the wall hardware, which is really expensive. As an test alternative, I bought a few T brackets from the hardware store and will have to use a bench vice to bend these to fit the pieces.
The ginko tile was originally make for the holidays, but I wasn't happy when it came out of the kiln and never finished it. But I'm happy with it as a tile for this box.
There are a few more pieces that need to be finished (hopefully) for the show. I have one in the kiln now and the other piece needs many more firings so I should be posting again soon.
Do I start this blog with all the problems I've had lately? Or the successes? I'll start with the problems first so I can end on a positive note.
Lately it seems like I've has so many pieces break or just come out with problems.
I had 2 night lights that broke when I tried to slump it. Then there's the one I mentioned above where the kiln shelf broke. And a piece I really liked (pictured below before cold working) but then the corner broke off when I was using the lap grinder. This was a very disappointing accident since I liked the way this piece turned out and I used a new technique of making "glass paper" and a punch for the cherry blossoms.
I liked this one :( It broke on my way to use the lap grinder in class.
These two nightlights stuck to the mold I made from fiberboard. Go figure! I thought glass won't stick to fiberboard, but I'm wrong and here's another learning lesson.
AND when I went to take pictures of these mishaps, I knocked over a "painting" from powder frit I had waiting for the next firing! There went that hour wasted.
So on top of these mishaps, I just found a dead lizard that I didn't know was in the window when I shut it. AND the baby bird that is nesting in the bush by my studio was scared out of it's nest by my dogs. I finally caught it, made a nest out of an empty plastic container and old strips from a t-shirt, and I stuck him(her?) back into the bush. The momma and daddy birds were very protective when my dogs were there and when I was rescuing their baby. I'm hoping they'll take care of their baby and continue giving it warmth and food. I think if this baby survives tonight, things should be fine.
On a more positive note, back at the beginning of May I found out I was accepted to a juried art show on June 9th so I've been busy making pieces for this show. The weeping cherry blossom was supposed to be one of the items to sell but you just read what happened to that piece.
Not all pieces have been failrues. Here are some pieces I think are successful:
I made a base with a small light for these two sconces but I really think they would look better as a true wall sconce. Unfortunately that would mean I would have to buy the wall hardware, which is really expensive. As an test alternative, I bought a few T brackets from the hardware store and will have to use a bench vice to bend these to fit the pieces.
The ginko tile was originally make for the holidays, but I wasn't happy when it came out of the kiln and never finished it. But I'm happy with it as a tile for this box.
There are a few more pieces that need to be finished (hopefully) for the show. I have one in the kiln now and the other piece needs many more firings so I should be posting again soon.
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