Snuggled Around Mud

Wee little batch of bunnies

Ceramic work is ruling the studio this week. My mind is just wrapped snuggly around mud. I'm happy here and I'm totally on that "artist's high" at the moment. Check out the vase below. I started etching the flower into it and hopefully have a technique in mind that will look as nice in person as it has been looking in my head.

Pencil drawing on dried mud

Loza Mold: 15, Jenn: 0...Again.

The Loza mold....waiting.

Today, I put on my best fighten' duds and put-em up to do battle with the imfamous "Loza" mold that has sat in my studio storage room for over a year now.

I was pouring "Listen" molds and decided to do battle with a Loza mold. This is the Quarter Horse mold that I have yet to get ONE good greenware casting from. Today was the day I did battle with this slip mold once again. Today I was armed with hard cold porcelain slip. Porcelain loves me. I love it. My confidence level was beyond a number 10.

Hay...wait...


Today, I used some tricks I picked up along the way after casting the Iberian medallion, the mustang mold, the pony medallion, Hedgie and the 6-part mold Listen. The rattie mold was actually shivering at my ability. Pashaw! How dare it think I couldn't handle it's six parts like a pro. But, today I did battle...

NOOoooooo!!!!! Say it isn't so!!!

That is just so unfair!

....and today I lost. Again.
:/