rayaldridge
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From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
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Well, neither, really. The flowers and thorny stems were plastic resists stuck to the leatherhard pot. Then a titania slip was applied over them. The resists were peeled off and details incised into the image, and black stain used to emphasize those details. -
Thanks! No, the incised lines were rubbed with black Mason stain. It's a bit like an etching, but without the printing. -
Cats Drinking Porcelain
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Guinea, I appreciate the encouragement. When I did the cat pieces, I was working with silhouetted resists, and cats are unmistakeable, even with very few details. But lately I've been branching out into other forms... steampunk lizards, for example. But no pics yet. -
Cats Drinking Porcelain
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Hey, thank you both! -
Celadonish Teapot with Blackberry Blossoms and Thorns
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From the album: narrative work
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Large Blackberry Blossom Bowl with Fluting
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From the album: narrative work
Large mixing bowl with resisted slip and fluting -
From the album: narrative work
I'm not really a cat person, but I chose to work with the basic shape because cats are far less variable in form than dogs and are thus more universally recognized, if that makes any sense. These images are developed using cut-out resists, colored slips, and sgraffito on porcelain. -
Thanks! Well, sort of. The cat is a cut-out resist of thin plastic, put on the porcelain body. Then the mug was dipped in a slip made with added titania, which alters the blue glaze slightly in color and texture. The resist is peeled off and details sgraffitoed into the image, then bisqued and fired. -
Sgraffito Eastern Dragon Bowl
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That's a terrific piece! Slips are the bees knees for getting a rich surface, and surprisingly controllable for control freaks like me. -
From the album: narrative work
I went through a phase where I used the idea of tentacled happy faces in a lot of surface decoration. I'm an old science fiction writer, and I've always liked to inject some fabulisms into my work. -
From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
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I really like your work. Our kids had guinea pigs and they were important members of the family. -
Hey, thanks! I added a few more. -
From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
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From the album: narrative work
