Thursday, April 22, 2010

CCACA


so, nceca did not happen this year, but i VOW that next year it will. instead, i will enjoy the California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts. very excited and hoping to swing the registration--lectures i want to attend= jim budde, kurt weiser, monica van den dool, karl mcdade. the art center has a booth, and i'm super excited about that as well. what a great end to this residency... but more on that soon.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

work it out


acrylics. this is fun, but perhaps again, should have been low fire. the director here, darrin ekern, works with low fire and uses future floorwax over underglazes. i am learning to see the wisdom of this practice, for the clay's absorption abilities more than for sheen. i'd prefer a more beth cavener stichter look to the plastic look i'm getting. again, lesson learned.



amaco velvet underglaze. they are not kidding with the "velvet" this stuff is my new favorite.. now i must switch to low fire for sculpture. lesson learned. this had five firings....^04, ^6, ^04, ^04, ^018. i'd explain but it would just hurt your eyes and my head.



these are mugs i've been playing with. left to right, sandblasted with masking, soda fired with engobe, and ^6 with engobe. handbuilding mugs makes me really appreciate slipcasting...a lot.





this is the first moche. pretty much done. though the more i look at it, the more i think i need to go into overdrive on the prints...perhaps it's not done. drop off is tommorrow...it's done.