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How is she so fast...
Mayhem always lives up to her name
An update from Elizabeth's human: this behavior is genetic
The blinds have been put up to keep her from getting tangled.
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I'm getting my hoses in order, which is a surprisingly complicated job. I've got one set of soaker hoses on a timer in my raised beds; another hose on a timer for the automatic waterer I'm setting up in the aviary, and a third for general use. Mayhem is helping with plumbing and taste-testing.
I also tore down the rotten wooden fence that I'm replacing in the next few weeks, and Malice is contemplating her broader horizons and the junk on the neighbor's side of the property line.
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The poem is, of course, the Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin. I'm planning on a slab of stained glass to slide into the gap between the mountain layers, with a doubled set of gold stars on it. I may wind up doing multiple "skies" that could be swapped out as desired, just for funsies. I could do a ceramic tile with perforations, maybe, or even a watercolor on heavy paper...
Almost time for first firing!
Glass test fit!
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Starting another in the sword series!
#i like figures without faces because you have to react to them on a more base level#instinctive and emotional#not an intellectual analysis of facial expression#and you have to find the story from pose and gesture alone#which opens them to interpretation and hearing how other people interpret what i make is like. my favorite thing.#his eyeline isn't quite on the sword#it's above it. looking at the one who wielded it#or at what comes after.
Starting another in the sword series!
#i like figures without faces because you have to react to them on a more base level#instinctive and emotional#not an intellectual analysis of facial expression#and you have to find the story from pose and gesture alone#which opens them to interpretation and hearing how other people interpret what i make is like. my favorite thing.#his eyeline isn't quite on the sword#it's above it. looking at the one who wielded it#or at what comes after.
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I love this gold effect every time I use it
I'm debating making a second, larger bowl. I think even with a significantly lower flow I'm gonna need higher sides and more space for splashing.
Also! This piece will be on exhibit at the Garrett Museum from Oct-Dec this year, with these pieces:
I'm starting a larger bowl as a backup.
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Okay, I have a ceramics question. How do you figure out what the glazes will look like after they’re fired since they look so different when they’re first painted? Is it a bunch of test firing? Can atmospheric conditions change the colors, or can you do one set of test fired “swatches” and keep them around?
You make test tiles! This is the best picture I have offhand, but yes, you do just get some scrap clay, glaze it, and fired it. Atmospheric changes don't usually make significant differences. My studio has a full wall of test tiles, which includes all the glazes we make, on a light and a dark clay, in a grid that shows the glaze combined with every other glaze we make, since adding two glazes together can result is something very unexpected. When we make or buy a new glaze, we make a new batch of tiles.
While most potters do refer to test swatches as "test tiles," it's common to use shapes that aren't very tile-shaped, like an inverted T or an upright cylinder, or even a small slipcast figure or bowl. This is preferred so that you can see how the glaze runs on a vertical surface, since some glazes are more runny than others.
Here's better photos of our test tiles!
Guys, I don't know why several of my recent posts are getting flagged as "mature." It's not visible as a warning when I view my own posts, and I don't see it as something I can toggle off on my end of things, and I did send a message to support about it. Recent gifs of Mayhem say it's "for everyone" but then doesn't show the switch on Mature. IDK what is going on.
So: I have not been horny on main. You may view my posts without fear, regardless what the hellsite says.
Okay, I have a ceramics question. How do you figure out what the glazes will look like after they’re fired since they look so different when they’re first painted? Is it a bunch of test firing? Can atmospheric conditions change the colors, or can you do one set of test fired “swatches” and keep them around?
You make test tiles! This is the best picture I have offhand, but yes, you do just get some scrap clay, glaze it, and fired it. Atmospheric changes don't usually make significant differences. My studio has a full wall of test tiles, which includes all the glazes we make, on a light and a dark clay, in a grid that shows the glaze combined with every other glaze we make, since adding two glazes together can result is something very unexpected. When we make or buy a new glaze, we make a new batch of tiles.
While most potters do refer to test swatches as "test tiles," it's common to use shapes that aren't very tile-shaped, like an inverted T or an upright cylinder, or even a small slipcast figure or bowl. This is preferred so that you can see how the glaze runs on a vertical surface, since some glazes are more runny than others.