Post #787880 by TikiAno on Wed, Jun 20, 2018 10:21 AM

Been a while, but finally got started. Fingers crossed that this here thing will work!

First, pulled out a bag of B-3 Brown clay. This is the clay body that turns black when fired- almost like lava. While I think it's beautiful, it isn't too accepting of many glazes. I thought it was time to give it a try...

I then rolled out a slab, and added texture with my handy stone textured mat...

I quickly hand built a cylinder. and didn't take a photo of it.

I thought it might be funny to dream about tiki in a dungeon, then thought whoever was in the dungeon would need an alarm clock...

I used a different (white colored) clay body, and attached it to the brown clay. I've done this before, and it's worked okay. Fingers are still crossed. It's 5 o clock... somewhere, so they say.

Some dream clouds were added, along with a Moai snoozing....

And a few "Zzzzz's" for clarity.

Now it dries and sets up. I plan on carving into the dream clouds- and figure out how to glaze this thing without it exploding. Due to the ingredients in the brown clay, it makes it quite finicky when firing it glazed. I've had multiple discussions with Laguna Clay about this, but I have a few ideas I'm going to try. Hopefully it will be done (or crack) in time for me to make another one in time for the Art Swap deadline!

Yikes!