Watching the ending was unpleasant. Seeing four ceramic vessels containing the remains was unnerving.
And inspiring.
The sad and maddening silver lining is that I have finally found time to work. Between this last week and the time of my critique at the end of this month I will have more than doubled my output in ceramics. This week I fired only my second bisque of the semester and will be firing only my second cone ten in the next week or so. Hopefully I will be firing lil Eddie at least once every two weeks until the end of the semester.
By next weekend I hope to have drafted a couple of ideas for a sagger kiln as well as built a few different sized ceramic saggers to place items in to fire. I will be crafting these saggers either out of a very groggy clay I have now or will be creating a new clay body out of a combination of a few sagger clay recepies.
The bottles are coming together faster, thinner, and better crafted with each new vessel made. There are still weak spots but I am quicker to notice them and once noticed, am becoming more skilled at making corrections.
Late night portrait of the artist in hallway
Burning inside.
Bfaicus collaborationis accidentus. (Miri phelps leftover bisque cone 10 glazed by me)
Two new halves waiting to leather harden.
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