Post #638624 by TikiRootsRocka on Thu, May 31, 2012 12:00 AM

Wow! How time flies!
I've still been messing around with the clay, just been lazy and not posting.
Anyhow, it's been an honor, an inspiration, and a great time getting to meet some of you in person, since my last post in this thread.

There were several pieces from my last ceramics class that I never fired, until about 3 weeks ago.
I sculpted this Moai during my last class about 3 months ago. Rolling the slabs and sculpting took about 2.5 hours, while the glazing, was probably 20.

Rods bod clay has a lot of iron in it, so it should show through all over the white. There's 3 layers of white and one layer of black.

I've tested with the white and know that it's not going to stand up that well to this particular clay, which is what I want. It should be gray in some spots, with the brown clay completely showing through in others, with bits of iron busting out everywhere.

I'm hoping the one layer of black will give me a light to dark brown range, depending on how much the clay shows through, with a few areas of black where I overlapped and dabbed extra glaze for some variance. I haven't tested this, so I'm going with my gut and keeping my fingers crossed.

To finish, I'm gonna dip once in super clear and there will be jute yarn tied around the chin, like the Moai in one of my previous posts.

A little glazin' and some calamari steak snacktime.

Enjoy!