November 2010-update on work in progress

Well, I'm sorry for not updating my blog in awhile, I ended up having my camera break during a halloween   party.   So now that I have a new camera, I'll be updating my blog more regularly.  So the last blog I posted I had posted some pictures of a new slip-cast form that I am working on with a porcelain casting slip. I only chose to create one with the "nodes", the rest that I have created are straight from the mold without the additions of the "nodes".   The slip cast line left from the mold was left alone intentionally, to show the process of the form as well as to reference mass production in the society in which we live. The slip can be fired to cone 6 or cone 10, which really opens up some possibilities with glazes on my work... I'll have to work on that next semester.  So in the meantime, here are some new images of the pieces fired with a white glaze recipe that Jason Stockman let me have.  It's great and doesn't run at all!  I also have been working on a wall piece and have just finished carving out the backs of the tiles to help with shrinkage, firing and weight.  Hope you enjoy the images and I'll have more coming soon.