Deborah Thuman on sat 25 aug 07
My clay class started today - and not a moment too soon. With help from
my doctor, I have been able to calm down, think slower, and keep from
screaming without using all my energy. Today, I spent 7 hours in the
clay studio - and that time did more for me than any med I've ever
taken.
I made a number of barnacles. I'm quite sure that what I said to
trigger this image wouldn't be allowed on this list. However, it came
out of frustration and no sooner were the words out of my mouth than
the sculpture was in my head and I have to make this. I googled
barnacles and they are fascinating looking things. I want to use a
subtle glaze that breaks over the barnacle. I want the barnacle to be a
focal point. I figure my choices are: shino, temoku, translucent
celedon with a black, or French blue, or Florentine green wash on the
barnacle. So... I had to make test barnacles. Then I decided the
mystery slip was pretty cool on the high fire test tile. Someone mixed
up a slip wrong, and one of the grad students decided to test it before
tossing it. Unfortunately, no one knows what the mistake was. Then I
decided that another of the slips was pretty cool. So... I had to make
more test barnacles and paint some with slip.
I have some wild ideas for making clay masks. When we were in San
Francisco, we found a face mold. This was my first try at using a slump
mold. It was an interesting experience. I was going to keep these in
low fire, but I think I'm going to have to make a couple out of high
fire because now I have some ideas for using slip on the masks.
I made an organic, hollow shape to test out a way to make a lid with an
automatic lip on it. I read about that in one of the books I bought
used.
When we did raku last semester, some of the students made rattles and
one shared the secret with me. You wrap the little balls of clay in
newspaper or paper towel, put them in the hollow form, and when it's
bisque fired, the paper disappears and you have little balls that will
make a rattle. So I made a rattle.
I also did a board full of buttons. I played with seeing how thin I
could make buttons with B-Mix and played with texture.
Sure feels good to feel like a human again.
Deb
http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
sacredclay on sun 26 aug 07
Deb, Welcome back! There are dark periods, aye, but the Pollyanna in
me says there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.The problem
is that we build up a tolerance to these chemcials and it's a new
ballgame all over again. Sounds like a John Fogerty song! :-P Mwah!
Kathryn Hughes in NC --- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Deborah Thuman
wrote:
>
> My clay class started today - and not a moment too soon. With help
from
> my doctor, I have been able to calm down, think slower, and keep
from
> screaming without using all my energy. Today, I spent 7 hours in the
> clay studio - and that time did more for me than any med I've ever
> taken.
>
> I made a number of barnacles. I'm quite sure that what I said to
> trigger this image wouldn't be allowed on this list. However, it
came
> out of frustration and no sooner were the words out of my mouth than
> the sculpture was in my head and I have to make this. I googled
> barnacles and they are fascinating looking things. I want to use a
> subtle glaze that breaks over the barnacle. I want the barnacle to
be a
> focal point. I figure my choices are: shino, temoku, translucent
> celedon with a black, or French blue, or Florentine green wash on
the
> barnacle. So... I had to make test barnacles. Then I decided the
> mystery slip was pretty cool on the high fire test tile. Someone
mixed
> up a slip wrong, and one of the grad students decided to test it
before
> tossing it. Unfortunately, no one knows what the mistake was. Then I
> decided that another of the slips was pretty cool. So... I had to
make
> more test barnacles and paint some with slip.
>
> I have some wild ideas for making clay masks. When we were in San
> Francisco, we found a face mold. This was my first try at using a
slump
> mold. It was an interesting experience. I was going to keep these in
> low fire, but I think I'm going to have to make a couple out of high
> fire because now I have some ideas for using slip on the masks.
>
> I made an organic, hollow shape to test out a way to make a lid
with an
> automatic lip on it. I read about that in one of the books I bought
> used.
>
> When we did raku last semester, some of the students made rattles
and
> one shared the secret with me. You wrap the little balls of clay in
> newspaper or paper towel, put them in the hollow form, and when it's
> bisque fired, the paper disappears and you have little balls that
will
> make a rattle. So I made a rattle.
>
> I also did a board full of buttons. I played with seeing how thin I
> could make buttons with B-Mix and played with texture.
>
> Sure feels good to feel like a human again.
>
> Deb
> http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
>
>
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