rakukuku

Cone 6 porcelain, underglaze and transparent colored overglaze

First attempt at a free-standing sculpture. Cracks formed in firing. Didn't get body wall even thickness.

obvara ribs

This is the second "House Wine" vessel that I made. This time, underglaze transfers were added in an effort to build more depth to the surface. These are fun to make but seem to require a good bit of time on the workbench.
 
This one is headed for a November show.

Handbuilt stoneware mugs, approximately 12oz capacity, fired cone10. Surface treatment includes 3-d dwelling, carved-out hillside community, and underglaze image transfers. The transfers are new to me...using a CriCut Explore to create silkscreen masks through which thickened underglaze is printed onto rice paper. Once dried, the surface of the mug is coated in underglaze, the transfer is sprayed until saturated, and then pressed/burnished (with pint side to the mug) onto the bisque fired surface. I'm not yet comfortable enough with this technique to try it on greenware but it should work equally well.
 
Certainly there is a story to these mugs...the short version centers around work in some of the poorest slums in Central/South America in contrast with visits to numerous iconic cites in Europe.

obvara enhances texture thicknesses

Raku fired urn with braided leather.

Close up of two obvara fired surfaces

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Wheel thrown mug with commercial underglaze and glazes. Decorated with paper resist, sgraffito and hand carved texture. Fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln.

Saggar fired with horse hair ferric chloride

This is a large, 3.5+ quart, mixing bowl that is part of a commission project for a retiring university dean. You might guess that the dean had something to do with the music program...and that would be correct. The bowl stands 7" tall and is a full 12" wide at the rim. The black keys were added individually to the wheel thrown piece and later brushed with Amaco Velvet underglaze. The exterior is glazed with Woo's Blue. The interior is Pete's Cranberry. A final light coat of clear was sprayed over the underglazes section for additional sheen. This is a Cone 10 reduction piece.

These are the final mugs of the commissioned work for the dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Inspired by visit to Jen McCurdy's studio 3 years ago. Very modest attempts at modifying a bowl in her style! Lots of time and effort into these 5" bowls.

Raku glazes with peel-away slip background.

covered in a transparent green glaze this will be a great pot. the dragonfly will be different, maybe purple. MAY 6 UPDATE. came out with lumps in several places. have to suspect leaf bits that my needle did not lift off. ruined. oh, well................

These were in the wood firings at UK in Lawrence. The one on the left was found in the ashes of the Anagama. The one on the right was in the soda/wood firing.

here is a product of yesterday's naked raku one step. pink terra sig. i added more alumina hydrate to the slip and we got the right amount of adherence. rakuku

stannous chloride fumed orbs

Two california condors high fiving because they are still not extinct. greenware

stannous chloride fumed orbs

here is a product of yesterday's naked raku one step. pink terra sig. i added more alumina hydrate to the slip and we got the right amount of adherence. rakuku

stannous chloride fumed orbs

stannous chloride fumed orbs