[Pine Cone]

The pine cone is a collection of bisqued leaves assembled into a core of non-shrinking ceramic paste, then rebisqued and glazed.

 

Manganese glaze covers the core and inner part of the leaves.

[Return of the Duck in Orange Sauce 01]

Return of the Duck in Orange Sauce.

 

An assemblage of a variety of ^6 glazed clays and porcelain pieces assembled with low-fire glaze and low-fire glaze mixed with orange COE 96 glass frit.

 

The New Zealand Frost Orange wedge is filled with orange COE 96 glass frit, with an orange mason stain on the rind covered by a thin layer of low-fire clear.
 

[Return of the Duck]

I tried to capture the look of photos of various ducks landing on water.

 

This particular duck had to land in a pool with a wingspan no wider than our kiln, so he had to be captured at the moment he began tucking his wings back into a retracted position.

 

I made it with Laguna WC-370 Amador clay which has so much grog it's almost like using paper-clay.

 

The companion piece, Return of the Duck in Orange Sauce, is an assemblage of a variety of ^6 glazed clays and porcelain pieces assembled with low-fire glaze and low-fire glaze mixed with orange COE 96 glass frit.

[Jewel Brown Spanish 24%]

You can do much the same thing with Copper Carbonate or oxide with Ferro Frit 3269.