AEDM day 6

Today was just beautiful outside! TOTALLY unusual for here this time of year.
That isn't the reason I didn't get very far in my painting though.

I kinda experienced some issues with it and thought about ditching it...then I began fixing on it...so I don't really want to show it until tomorrow after I might have a chance to go further on it...sooo

Here is a hankie bowl in pastel...
Same techniques as in the previous bowl. Using powders and frits and vitreous stains and enamels with the kiln heat become permanent
to the design.


The top pictures gives an idea of the height and the bottom picture shows more of the detail...I don't think i brought it to the viewers attention, as with the other bowl both sides view the same.
Each of these bowls began on clear glass.

So I hope you had a wonderful day ...
Thank you for dropping in
:)

AEDM day 4

This has been the kind of day where you are needed everywhere right away.
A lot going on!
So...I didn't get a whole lot done in my studio therefore, I am showing a piece I had previously made.
This bowl is in a free form hankie shape. It began clear, but with added glass frits and powders, binders and kiln fire the design makes permanent to the glass..some vitreous staining was involved and vitreous enameling both of these techniques are rendered permanent in the high heats of the kiln as well...
remember each color is a specific temperature so each color represents a kiln visit
at said time
if the strict anneal schedules aren't adhered to the project will be lost...as explode.


Then..this is the beginning stage for the next painting I am attempting in the textures class
I am stencil poor and the next lesson shows such pretty stencils...(and I am not hand cutting any today!) so I am going to do the assignment with one of the other palettes and lets see if I am getting the program
I left the background blue..it is actually white
so the jellyfish and water marks (glossy) show
these are the underlayment for the next level...
i did discover that if i dry this in front of the fireplace
it dries in half the time...

I sure hope you had a decent art day
see ya tomorrow on day 5!

AEDM day 3

This is day three of AEDM. I was not in my studio today so I finished a sag in the kiln as my piece of art to post. The kiln can for the most part operate alone. If i had a kiln sitter i could program the kiln the schedule of ramps of heat up and it would also go through the cool and anneal stage all through the program...but

i don't have a kiln sitter...it is just me...but i KNOW my kiln and how long everything takes

and i am not fearful leaving it for small periods of time.

This bowl is part of my "splat" series. I call it this because to me it looks as if a drop of molten glass dropped to the floor...splat!

The bowl measure 9 inch diameter with a 1 1/2 inch drop to the scoop of the bowl. It is a taupe color with a light gray mix and black frits...the PERFECT size bowl to serve brie...just saying..

:)

Thanks for dropping in to see what was done today and I hope if you haven't joined in you consider doing so. Art is your friend...you will feel better for playing and creating....go on ya know ya want to..

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VENtiNg..

Grass cutting is rained out...isn't that a shame...LOL

enamels are finely crushed glass with ores and minerals for color striking
(like stains)
but they have more flux added to the mix
so the burnoff is achieved at a lower temperature
keeping a good color

I am finally ready to begin firing platter 1...the kiln is loaded and vented
I have to vent out the nasty burnoff of the oils...venting protects my coils
it ramps up reeeeaally slow...to prevent the glass crashing

a success would be i am done

this rarely happens
i am always missing places and need to reload the enamels and fire again
but
should i have good coverage
i will finished with platter 1

here is platter 1...enamels can be loaded from either side

sometimes i do both sides

and i might yet with this one

that gives a lot of depth to the pieces

i begin with the loading on the backside

this way

if i want to add more i load from the front

or

it might be done

then the trace lines are fresh looking which are on the front

so we will know more tomorrow when i can open the kiln...

thanks for following along...

Kiln 2nd Firing

Nope it isn't broken. There are a couple of layers of glass fused together, clear is the top one.

So it is one piece. I am either calling so many directions or stressed.

I am not sure if it will be a platter or a vase.