Inca Summer

I was taking some photos the other day, took me so long to just take photos of 7 bowls, I guess I will have to keep practicing. Any way, here there are..

There are more photos here: Inca Summer and here Barro y Arena

Celadon Blue

This was my first attempt with the Celadon Blue Glaze over a design made with the slip trail tool and  I love it !! I think I can finally made a set of plates for my mother :)

Henna Bowls

I have been having so much fun with the slip trailing tool. Here are two little bowls, I am not quite happy with the glazing but I think I finally know what is what I want. So far it was kind of walking in darkness but I can see the light now :)

Baby Bowls

It has been a while since the last post, I am sorry, I have been a bit busy, my sister finally made some time in her busy schedule to visit us in Tampa Bay, Florida. One day we went to the studio together and did some Raku bowls. Thank you Betsy for the photos and the article The Raku Sister in your blog.

And then of course, the usual laziness to take photos,  it is kind of hard for me to make even an OK. photo, in the past I enjoyed so much taking photos but of course, I only took photos of landscapes
 or people, never this  kind of studio photos that now I need for the clay and glass, and of course the glare is always a problem :S

Anyway, I took some photos today, I think I will have to take more in order to get some good ones that I could use to apply to new galleries in Florida or maybe Georgia??!!

Lately, I have been doing many sgraffito bowls with birds and cuyes, I always had a good time drawing them. However its has been a while feeling that I should do something with more colors besides the monocromatic sgraffito and then one day I remembered a soup bowl I had in my childhood. I liked it so much it had a big blue moon surrounded by stars but the "thing" was that you could only see it if you eat all your food.

So, I made two of these children bowls since now I am  tia of two precious baby girls who recently started to eat solids. I hope these girls like their bowls the same way I liked mine.

  

... y aun mas cuyes!!

 

Cuyes y mas cuyes (a.k.a. more guinea pigs) !!!

Cuy, cuy, cuy...

Bugs invasion!! Part. 2

Here is the final product of the coasters' bugs. What do you think?

You can see the process of these coasters here: Bugs invasion!!

The new critter says: Who am I ???

I decided to post the photos of the greenware pots I was decorating with the sgraffito technique  on Monday/Tuesday. I was thinking of just doing more birds and cuyes a.k.a. guinea pigs. But temptation of trying new animals was toooo strong, plus I had this weird looking bowl and I said to myself, even if I missed it out, it wasn't the nicest bowl anyway. It sounds silly but I have to say those things to myself in order to try new things.... maybe I am just a little cuckoo.

So, can you guess what is this new critter that came along to play with me/us ???

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.