09-06-2014, 03:41 PM
(09-05-2014, 11:52 AM)sally Wrote: I liked it even from the side. It's not a Lladro, but I think she meant it to be more abstract than realism. It kind of has an antique look to it.
I looked up Lladro, I couldn't come close to being that good. The Ivory lady is my first ever attempt at sculpting a person. I can do objects fairly well, but people will take some practice. One of the reasons she's large is because I was trying to get some idea of dimension.
(09-05-2014, 12:50 PM)Clang McFly Wrote: I took a pottery class in college I could never get the wheel to go slow enough with my big clunky lead feet. I always ended up with more clay on me than on the wheel.
I still get covered in sludge, and I've been throwing for years, that's part of the fun sometimes. It's too bad your college didn't have memory pedals-that way you wouldn't have to keep your foot on it all the time.
(09-05-2014, 08:49 PM)Maggot Wrote: Do you use those triangle things in the kiln that bend over when the temp is right? I don't know what they're called. They look like a skinny pyramid. I used them firing glazes back in the day. I miss doing it in a weird way now that you brought up this topic. I remember the smell.......Your a cool one cannongal.
(09-05-2014, 11:36 PM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: Pyrometric firing cones
What he said^. Hey Maggot, I came across an old post the other day where you were looking for tile. It was from last year, so I'm sure you don't need it anymore, but if you should have the need again in the future, there's a place in Newington (across from the Fox Run Mall) called Habitat for Humanity Restore. They have Pallets of tile all the time, for between $10 & $20 bucks a case.