Introduction: Pottery
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These are some various sculptures that I have done. The skull, dog, and pineapple came out of the Kiln yesterday. The skull is Raku, along with the twisted thing and the second to last pot. All the other pieces are salt-fired.
The camera didn't pick up the details of the skull much. :(
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33 Comments
7 years ago
So not an instructive...just a brag post?
11 years ago on Introduction
These are very amazing! I am amazed at how you got the perfect shape of each individual finger and the hand as a whole! Thanks for sharing!
13 years ago on Introduction
these pieces are truly great! are you planning on writing any instructables about it? I would love to see them!
14 years ago on Introduction
Great job! How do you get that "oil spill" effect (spectrum)?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
It's a Raku glaze. The pottery is fired in a small kiln and taken out while it's still red hot. It is then placed into a bin filled with newspaper. You can only get an idea of how the glaze will look, so It's always fun to see the end result. Below are some "test tiles" I did.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
cool! if it was a little smoother I would have thought it was metal. Yeah, unfired glaze is almost clear
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
lol some of the colors you're seeing are metals! ...in my exprience with glazes (fairly extensive) i've never seen a glaze that was clear before firing . . .do you remember the name?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Sorry, I don't its been about 5 or 6 years....
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
rats! that would have been fun to try
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Yeah, I want to make a kiln in a year or two when I finish th house.
14 years ago on Introduction
The skull looks great! Did you have any biological inspiration for the "twisted thing"? There's some macromolecules and microscopic structures that I could easily imagine falling within a similar "theme" - microtubules, cellulose, muscle fiber bundles, etc...
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Put honestly: I was bored and decided to experiment with Raku. As for the microscopic structures, that's a great example of how abstract art can be interpreted many ways. Now, I have to come up with an overly flamboyant name and sell it for millions!
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Oh, and thanks! I am rather proud of that skull. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I looked at a lump of clay and thought this could be a skull.
There was also a high chance that it wouldn't survive the kiln, due to it's thickness. I would have hated to see all that work in pieces.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
lol isn't that how the best pieces are always made? "hmmm this giant chunk of marble looks like King David!" have you got a deviantart account? I'm sure these would receive a warm reception from those folks!
14 years ago on Introduction
I tried making mickey but it ended up looking like a flattened circle.
14 years ago on Introduction
I made a pineapple once, but it ended up looking a lot like spongebobs.
14 years ago on Introduction
Wow--I clicked thinking I'd see some goofy, ah..stuff. Instead, it's very well conceived, very well executed pieces. The glazes are excellent, too....Well done indeed.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Thanks! The best thing about pottery is that you never know how the glaze will turn out in the end. You only have an idea of what it should look like. It's always a surprise when it comes out of the kiln. :)
Sorry for the long delay, I thought I already replied a long time ago.
14 years ago on Introduction
Ooh, pineapple! :D These are so awesome looking, you did a great job!
14 years ago on Introduction
This is just a slide show not a instructable