Tia Made

I LOVED the realistically unique way she glazed her own leaves on her sample project she made for us...

Poor Mikki had to basically hold my hand through the process...she had a nasty migraine too... : ( 

(you'd never know by how VE RY patient she stayed with her class idiot)

To my great chagrin, I was nearly finished with The Glazing Experiment,

 when I set it down on the counter (I had been using a piece of foam but couldn't use it while it was still wet) and then,

 the MOST SICKENING sound ...

Yep, one of the bottom leaves snapped off...my heart sank : (

We'll just have to see what the Kiln Gods have done to it....

As always, thanks eversomuch for looking!!!!

Please take care and God bless,  tia : )

My teacher wanted me to "squash" this bowl because it wasn't a well made bowl...

Seeing the character in it, I couldn't put it on the proverbial squashing block thus

here it is with my FAVORITE doodle, the SWIRL...

I also painted the base with black underglaze so that there would be a seamless transition from Black Opal Glaze to the base instead of leaving it the plain white clay

Thanks for lookin!!!

Please take care and God bless,  tia : )

Jackson wanted to make something for Daddy's desk and we were a bit bored (couldn't tell, could ya???)  : )  We used a Playdough Extruder with Miller 80 Clay.  We then used VA Tech Hokie Bright Orange and Maroon Underglazes while the creation was still green.  Unfortunately, when it fired the Maroon turned to a light Lavender : (   Oh well! Got lots of complements from AMAZINGLY gifted clay artists at Manassas Clay (free plug) ; )

Please take care and God bless!!! : )

Thanks for lookin!!!  tia : )