Hey there, I have had a sort of successful first glaze firing. Everything came out excellent. One piece had two TINY cracks in them. BUT when I cleared the digital read-out it told me the thermocouple failed. So now I have to figure out what happened. This is only my third firing in this kiln.
Anywho.
Can you guess who this gift is for?
Here are some other custom sculptures that I'm shipping tomorrow. 16 in all. Notice the NEW Fat Cat sculpture!
Here are the final products minus the dog (that's a secret).
1. July, 2. ChocoDot, 3. Train, 4/5. Newlyweds, 5. Doc, 6. Taji
6. Doc, 7. Taji, 8. Mr. Moo, 9. L'Amour, 10. Ginger Tabby, 11. Siamese, 12. Tuxedo Girl (Sweet Irie)
9. L'Amour, 10. Ginger Tabby, 11. Siamese, 12. Tuxedo Girl (Sweet Irie), 13. Birman, 14. Calico, 15. Dilute Calico
Below you'll find three different custom sculptures I've been working on. None of have them been glazed fired, but are as I type. All the colors will be darker, the grey on Doc is actually a beige color after firing. All will have a glossy glaze.
Train:
Doc:
Taji:
Thanks to a custom order we have a new pose - the LOAF! As in breadloaf. Stoli sits like this all the time. Enjoy!
Thanks to a blog reader on Sweet Irie for this idea
The tail on a sculpture as a ring holder!
Remember that tuna can from a while back? I found a great use for it, your jewelry at the kitchen sink!
I've been working hard on getting new projects going and this is my latest. Porcelain sculptures hand painted to look like 'real' cats. Of course they still have the whimsy to them, but they have the potential to be much closer to real life than the polymer ones:
I bet it doesn't smell like drying porcelain!
Because I have one cat that will eat any thing and another cat that is like a kangaroo in a china shop I have to dry my porcelain things behind close doors.
Here is what is currently drying in my bathroom notice the difference between the wet clay and the dry clay.
Now you've seen both my polymer work and my porcelain work - and I'd like to know, which do you prefer. What medium do you think is better?
Terra Cotta Sculpture
Originally uploaded by Endless Whimsy
Here is my finished terra cotta sculpture. I love it. I'm still working on getting a kiln......I'm thinking I can put it on the third floor. But anyway, I love this piece, I totally forgot the glazing technique for this - it's the one that doesn't use slip and you paint the colors on....not the glaze that turns glassy. I put a bunch of coats on this sculpture and I think it looks amazing!
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The unveiling of the ORIGINAL Endless Whimsy Sculpture! Ceramic, kiln-fired, glazed in jet black..
A friend of mine lost one of her pets last month and I decided to make a tribute to her Rainbow Bridge baby.
Here is an excerpt from the poem:
The happy kisses rain upon your face: your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look on again into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life, but never absent from your heart.
Then, you cross the Rainbow Bridge together
