Progress

I have been working away on my cat over the past week and I am really enjoying working at a larger scale then before.  So far I have been enjoying working with the red clay and have been doing a few tests in order to figure out how to finish it.

Here is a picture of wheelie dog in progress of being finished. He has at least one firing left before he is finished and gets his wheels.

Inspiration and Red Stuff

Over the weekend I have started a new piece using a new red clay body.  I decided to try and use a earthenware clay on this piece because I wanted to try and work at a larger scale. By switching from porcelain to a new clay I hope to avoid cracking and mass amounts of shrinkage.  So far I have not minded using the red clay, but I am kind of nervous as to how it is going to look finished.

Ernie! One of my roommates and the inspiration for the piece below.

Pointer Pointing

Here is piece I have been working on for a little bit now.  The idea behind this is, why would a dog that is typically used for hunting be dress up in a ridiculous outfit?  I really don't know how I feel about this piece yet...I am not particularly thrilled by it, but I do think I learned a lot about how to move this new work forward.

Finished Up Some Goodies

I have finally finished some of the newer work I have been playing around with. Overall I am relatively satisfied with the way both of this pieces turned out.  Both of these pieces were fired multiple time building up layers of underglaze, stains, glaze, and oxides.  Also by the end of these two piece I have learned a lot about sewing from making the pillow and the belts.

Double Dog

 Princess

Moving on to new things

 Some wheels for the guy above, to be put on after firing.

Double dog 

So another semester has begun in my final year of graduate school. With the new year I have went of on a somewhat new direction with my work, beginning to think about animals in cloths.  While at Watershed this summer I made a piece about the ridiculousness of people dressing their animals up in cloths, and found this to be a fun concept to try and work with. I personally find it hilarious, absurd, and often extremely cute.