Just received an email reminding me that I should have some teapots made and ready to send to Victoria by 18th March! Yipes... might need some help on this one...
In the mean time - those little boxes have been decorated:
I hope those dots fire OK. I used black engobe - an earthenware one. What was I thinking? The rest of the work is stoneware clay.. I was mainly thinking the black should stay and not fire out forgetting it was an engobe which I think would be made with an e/w clay base? suppose I could fire them as earthen ware and the colours will stay bright. They don't have to hold liquid so it wouldn't matter if the clay hadn't vitrified...
I think I give my guardian angel an awful lot of work...
the other day I went to wear my butterfly brooch and it wasn't where I usually put it - hanging out the washing this morning I found it on a blouse I had just washed - well how's that for product research - not a scratch and the clasp is fine too, ha ha...
I'll be adding this post to
Mud Colony so hop over and see how the other ceramic artists are doing this week.
4 comments:
Yes, low fire the boxes that should keep the englob in tact.
Hi Lori
I'll let you know how they go :)
wonder if the clay will melt with the engobe? I thought the boxes were made of fabric (crochet and applique) when I first saw them, a tribute to your decoration skill. your butterfly is wonderful and amazing it made it through the wash without breaking from the tumbling and spinning.
Hi Linda
yes, I will be hanging onto the boxes until I can get them into a friends firing rather than in with a class firing - could be a while but I will post the results. Thank you for the compliment on my decoration :^) sooo lucky with my brooch!
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