At the clay studio today I was surprised and excited to find my glaze pieces from last week, fresh out of the kiln. The newest pieces need some more layers, especially since the magnesium oxide came out more of a light brown than the black I have been getting - turns out the mix has been heavily diluted. Even so, I brought home 5 new pieces (my mantelpiece is becoming a rather crowded affair).
Another rabbit, white clay body, magnesium oxide, blue white ice, and opaque white (on the ears)
Another finished piece from the previous glaze firing. Ruru is a response to an idea I had following the rabbit and bird figures I did previously. Ruru is our native owl, more commonly known as morepork.
I was really pleased to find all my pieces came through the bisque firing successfully. Some of the clay was reclaimed, and a couple of the pieces were constructed in sections, and while they were drying I became quite paranoid that they contained trapped air bubbles in the joins which would explode in the kiln. I spent my studio time on glazing, and they're all now waiting the next glaze firing, though it probably won't be for another week.I was all set to post the other day when technical faults intervened (read new hardware stuffed things up). Then life got madly busy again and suddenly its the end of the week. Yikes.
