Post #765878 by TikiAno on Wed, Jul 6, 2016 3:39 PM

Wow, I've been AWOL from TC for a bit, came back to find everyone working on some awesome pieces! Mike, love ALL the pieces. Even if they're in a couple of pieces. :wink: Send to SD.

Erich, wow, great carving and design. Please send to SD.

cy, since it looks like it might be delicate to send to SD, you can put it with all of your other goodies and bring to SD. :)

Wil, looks great. Send to SD.

Jon, killer. Send to SD.

Okay, well I've been working on a few other pieces but the bowl was finally bisqued.

Here are a few photos to document the progress. First it was cleaned off and covered with underglaze, then wiped off the underglaze to highlight/ reveal the carving. I then brushed additional glaze on the interior and over top a few details. There is some goldenrod shino, which will (hopefully) look similar to the weaving, and there's a "Root Beer" glaze on the interior, which will turn darker brown on the interior of the low bowl.

Hopefully the kiln gods are good to me and everything works out okay. I really hate glazing.

Oh, and this is the original piece that this is modeled after: a thrown Maori piece of pottery with fiber weaving around it. It's not an exact copy, but I tried to emulate the woven pattern through carving.