from the shed: Glaze Day

from the shed: Glaze Day

Glaze Day

I spent much of the day glazing stuff.  I'm trying out a new glaze...I really hope it turns out  'cause it was very nice to work with.
Here's what things look like when they are glazed...I'm going to raku next Thursday and then we'll see!  From right to left this is Tara, an angel (her wings are in the kiln) and Hillin....Tara is the one with the new glaze...hopefully it will look like oil...all dark and rainbowy


I painted a few sayings on the walls of the shed and loaded the kiln.....things still need to dry a bit but I'm hoping I can bisque next week!  Oh...and I bought new raku gloves...no more burnt fingers!

Some Random Stuff

 I've been thinking of making the saints, etc into a more useful type thing and so....I think I'm going to make some saint containers for human ashes and probably pet ashes also.

Yesterday I made a large pot with a lid...something I've been wanting to try to hand build....the outside looks pretty good but the inside is questionable...anyway it was what got me thinking about ash containers...the paper towel is just to keep the lid from sticking and/or shrinking and not fitting anymore.


While I was pondering life and death I painted the door of the circuit breaker box in the shed...if you look closely there are little faces in the tree (seems I've always drawn on walls when frustrated)....

 and I made an angel (the circle thing is her wings...trust me it will be cool) and a few more hamsa hands...I guess I've been busy...mostly just hot.