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cocker spaniel? droopy ears are hard to do. i have smushed all the animals i have tried, these are terrrrrriffic.
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can i put two thumbs up? really nice.
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yes, a slab big enough for the bottle to press into the foam. the sand gives it some structure if it is a thin plastic bottle that would otherwise deform when pressed. stretching does not hurt the slab. my flat boards have sharpish 90 degree angles and only one in hundreds actually creases into a split at a corner. look at my personal gallery.
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yappy, if you use some sand for weight in the fancy bottle you can press it into the clay over some deep foam rubber. i still have a big piece from a sofa cushion someone put out for trash 10/12 years ago. if you have already cut the bottle that won't work well due to the brittleness of plastic bottles.
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very nice!
would be great with black-eyed susans.
the true test comes now, will it hold water without leaking? test by filling it and putting it on a piece of dry paper for 24 hours. (i have made many folded vases that leak)
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congratulations! now just have to work more to fill that lovely kiln. you do know that you can make a full size shelf by putting 4 posts in and allowing the half shelves to fit over a single post between them. did you use kiln wash? counting on wasters without kiln wash might not work all the time. what are the spiral bottle caps?
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thanks, the actual flowerbed must be 50 feet round. it is on a corner lot and the flowers have spread 6 feet onto the pavement. spectacular when i saw it. cannot remember exactly where it was, by now it must have taken over the whole block.
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very practical! so the lid is placed upside down on the pot for glaze firing? glad you decided to take that order, may be the start of something rewarding.
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classic shape!! congrats! it is a milestone so save it and you can see where you came from in ten years. you might be doing something totally different by then.
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the photo came from a website with pictures of flowers. i traced it on tracing paper held to the screen on my computer. then painted it on cheap newsprint using a lightbox. kim says the cheap stuff works fine. i got mine at the dollar tree. i have to confess that i still have not worked out how to use this technique. thinking of putting color on slabs, putting the slab on a bat, lifting the edges to make a plate. maybe????
be sure to check out her website. gorgeous things!
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only saw these comments today. thank you all. the leaves are from 2 different plants so some have thinner leaves than the other. i love setting them in place as though they had fallen there. nice weeds, grow almost everywhere so there is one available someplace in my yard or on a fence nearby.
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hi, roberta! did not see this until now. i wish i could use color but mostly i cover the whole thing in green. the dragonfly in purple is the only color. if i could paint, i might put proper colors in but then it would cost too much to sell. i dropped the used materials outside the studio door when this was made on march 4 and yesterday, one of the unopened buds was gloriously beautiful. hope they seed and grow. the yard has spiderwort and oxalis growing all over. i planted a groundcover of sensitive plant, can't remember its real name right now but it is also a tree. it is Mimosa.
you can see the old ceramic tray that i use for the shape under the edge in front.
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if you remove the burner after turning it off, what flame are you worried about? never having been in charge of raku firing, only a helper, i cannot remember anything flaming except once it was put into a metal post firing container with the lid not yet put on top. (that is what i was doing)
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would like to see all sides of this. what a great show it is for you! hope lots of people saw what you made.
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thanks, chilly, i have a ZAKI DESIGN melamine plastic bowl that is too good to lose if the plaster sticks to it. now i believe i will make a mold from its interior. it is almost spherical and i can see using the hump it will produce in a lot of ways.
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beautiful, roberta! congrats on finding out how to post pictures. who knew you did this kind of delicate thing? very nice!
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i see self-contained proud individual mugs with perfect handle placement and weight. like guards at buckingham palace, they will stand watching left and right.
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excellent application! how did you get such precise bands and flows?
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you really mean potter's CAMP, don't you? someone was in that caravan behind the kiln, it looks like the tiny ones we call sardine cans.
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wow! your go, John!
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i used this base recipe and added a tiny amount of cobalt carb. got a beautiful, shiny pale blue glaze on frost. thank you marcia.
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is the twisted rope effect simply from sodium silicate and stretching? or is there a secret to get that look. resembles branfman's raku work.
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more! more!
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you already see advantages! now start experimenting. knowing you might lose some.
would be great with black-eyed susans.
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wish i could handle these, they are really appealing. i met that white pig and the sheep and her friends used to keep the grass cut around my old house.