Last batch @ Glazing

I had some clay left. So I made 4 small pieces.  2 small boxes and 2 small bowls.

I tried different glazes again --

Box-1: Brick Red + Matte Blue and on top little "Timaku"

Box-2: Cinnamon + Matte White, which gave little purple-ish look :)

Box 2

Box 1

Bowl-1: Black + Glossy Brown (final glaze is really different from what you can think of)
Bowl-2: Matte Blue + Glossy Brown

Bowl 

Bowl 2

Second Set @ Glazing

I finished the second batch of glazing. I tried few interesting combinations this time --

(1) Half -n- Half: I did two bowls -- Cinnamon + Black and Honey Mustard + Black

(2) Waxing in the middle: I did a Pitcher with handle. This style is best (according to Dominick) if you have the first coat in Cinnamon and then Black.
So the idea is to design some pattern with wax using brush after the first coat of Cinnamon and then put inside the Black glaze. The inside design on Cinnamon will show up in the final glazed item :)

(3) Porcelain slip: I did one plate and one little bowl. So after throwing, put some design inside (I did it with leaves that somebody brought the other day in the studio),  press it hard and apply porcelain (white) slip over and around it. Once done, remove the design. Let it dry slowly.
While glazing, one of the best results can be achieved by applying "Bobby Green" inside the design (here leaf) and then dipping the whole thing in Cinnamon. While doing the inside design with brush you have to be patient and careful. You can apply some shading to it too.

Another interesting glaze combination is Matt white and Glossy Blue, I made a small cup with this combo.

This the whole second set.

The wax design [mentioned in (2)] looks like the following. I did not do a good job, next time I will use a better brush :)

 Finally the interesting ones [mentioned in (3)] with porcelain slip and leaf impressions.

    

Clay modeling this Fall @ Evanston

It is always fun to work with clay. When I moved to Evanston, I was searching for a studio so that I can continue working with clay. Fortunately, two blocks away from my apartment there is a small studio and I joined it. I am really enjoying my new classes. Bob and Dominick are really wonderful persons whom I met there. They really helped me to learn lots of techniques.

After 6 weeks I glazed 7 pieces. I tried out new combination of glazes. I made 2 bowls, 1 pitcher and 1 vase and I will try other combinations on them.

Here is the picture for all of those 7 pieces.

I will write down all the glaze combinations here, so that I can remember them in future :)
Lets start with the bowl and here is the close up

So it is Matt Blue inside and Glossy Brown+Matt Blue outside.

Now the next one, I like this combination. It is Cinnamon inside and Glossy Blue outside.

The combination of the next one I liked the most. It is Brick Red inside and Glossy Brown+Brick Red outside.

The following one is Black + Bobby Green (Black was too thin, need to remember that).

 

The above two looks similar. The left one is only Bobby Green 

and right one is Matt Blue + Bobby Green

Finally this one is did not turn out nice. I put Raspberry inside and Black outside. Both were too thin, specially the first one. I should have checked the consistency before applying them :( 

Glassblowing :-)

I was in Corning glass museum with my parents in May 2013. There you can sign up for 30 min "make your own glass" project. I signed up for sculpture. Later I realized I should have signed up for flower which is little complicated to make.
Anyway, you do not have huge control over this project. You will do whatever your instructor says. So I will call it  an well assisted first project on glassblowing. But the experience of being there, seeing all the shows were fascinating indeed and I have always wanted to do it. So I fulfilled my dream partially :P
Here it is :-)