Just a quick sneak peak at the ceramic project I'm working on this
semester. I'm taking an independent study course exploring slips,
gazing, and surface design in general. I'll be testing these methods
on cups! or a cylindrical form. Hopefully a total of 75 cups will be
made throughout the semester, 25 each of 3 different clay bodies.
I've
completed 25 cups in a high-fire stoneware. This was my first time
working with a high-fire clay. About half of these forms have been
bisque fired (which means fired once to cone 6 in the Bailey kiln).
Some surface designs require bisque firing (glazes in general) while
slips are applied to greenware (unfired clay).
The
possibilities for these cups are endless and I'm a bit apprehensive
about what comes next because it is completely new territory. I begin
tomorrow!
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