Playing with the slip trailing tool. Part. 2

I find myself playing with the slip trailing tool again, this time I tried a more complicated design, henna/Hindi designs... I just love those patters of flowers and vines and also a sort of old hand made doily. Well, it is not exactly what I had in mind but its getting closer. I think I will need to go to Highwater Clay Company again and buy more tips!!!

Again, I made two little bowls and I will take them to the studio tomorrow. I get always nervous every time I put new things in the kiln. I should repite to myself, "it's just clay, it's just clay" like Kathy, my teacher always said.

 If you are interested you can see the first attempt to play with the slip trailing tool here:

Playing with the slip trailing tool. Part 1 

I told you, is a CUYES invasion...!!

Here is another greenware bowl, I can not wait until tomorrow to see how it looks after the first fired. I always nervous about that, that is why I keep taking photos of them before being fired.

Is it a mouse....Noooo! is it a mole....Noooo! is it a hedgehog...Noooo!!

It is a Guinea Pig!!! or as we Peruvians call it  es un CUY !!!

Be aware, is a cuyes invasion!

Slip trailing... vases

Playing with the slip trailing tool was fun, fun, fun. And the result was pretty good, yay!!!

I tried two different ways to glaze the bowls, one with regular glaze and the other with underglazes. I still don't know which one I preferred, so I guess i will have to keep trying :)

Bugs invasion!!

Bugs are invading the garden, and since I keep seeing them I rather start making them with glass...

These are going to be coasters, I will take them to the studio to be fired on Monday, hopefully the kiln will show me a nice result.

New critters!

Summer is coming pretty soon and with it, all sort of critters, one of them just stop by my little room, came all the way from Peru, can you recognize it?


The is a greenware bowl and design is made with sgraffito technique. I will take to the studio tomorrow where it will be fired.

Road Trip, Hillsborough, North Carolina

I have been away from sunny Florida for some days. North Carolina is about 12 hours driving from Tampa, so we stopped in Savannah GA in our way up and down. It is funny that even when we were heading north our destination is known as "the South" (!) 

The states referred as "the South" are the Confederate states, which during the American Civil War, wanted to separate from the Union and wanted to continue with slavery. 

It was a nice and short trip, we walked around historic downtown in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill and found some really nice places like the Eno Gallery, which was showing a very interesting exhibit,

Eno Gallery. Current Exhibition: Totems and Talismans

http://www.enogallery.net/exhibitions.php

My big bowl!

I made a big bowl, a really big one and I did it myself, Kathy (my wonderful teacher) did not help me`this time. Is not a super big bowl is a regular 8 inches, but for me is huge because 5 inches was my limit and even though 3 inches is not a big deal it makes me so happy.  

I did some sgraffito over brown underglaze and since apparently my style is more Kawaii than I thought , I will keep doing my "Inca Summer" design, as my queridisimo boyfriend name this particular design.

Playing with the slip trailing tool

A month or so ago, I bought a slip trail tool at a Highwater Clays Store in St. Petersburg, FL. I have seen many really interesting designs made with that tool and though why not try it myself, since I like decorating pots and I am not afraid of complicated designs.

So yesterday and today I have been practicing with this little tool, is not so hard to manipulate once you have the slip in the right consistency, that is the hard part. Too thick and is really hard to squeeze the plastic container and to watery, and the design will run away.

I have not master it yer, but I will keep trying, possibilities seem to be endless. Here are my two attempts. Hope they will make it to the studio tomorrow.

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4625244428077594559

 

Red clay and white slip!

Finally I have some time to post some photos. Here is the final product.

Just two bowls, I took photos in different angles so you can see all the design. :)

Sgraffito & Slip. Experiment # 2

Experiment with red clay and slip. The pot is still on greenware, can't wait to see how it will look after being fired.