Photos from my last two workshops

[morgaina]

I finally got around to doing some photos of the sagger firing and the brush making workshop.


The color on this vase is just from the smoke and the stuff we put on the fuel.



This amazing color is from the ferric chloride, salt, horsehair, Miracle-gro on the fuel, and of course, the smoke.







This is the whole group of brushes I made. Most everyone else did more and I don't know why I focused and worked steadily the whole time.


These are my larger brushes. From the top they are made with: Horse main; broom corn; horse main, trimmed; raccoon tail.


Detail of smaller brushes: From the top of the pic they are made from: Dyed muley tail, ermine tail, I forgot, I forgot, I forgot, ring tail cat.
(I'm going to have to ask Carolyn what the three I forgot are. # 4 & 5 are my favorites too.)
Glenn absolutely insisted that the brushes should be used, they are not just for looks.

Comments

[hroar.livejournal.com]

Lovely, Lovely surfaces. So very nice. Good job.
And lovely brushes!
BTW..Listened to "Wait, Wait Dont Tell Me " on NPR today..and a potter was a contestant! I THINK she may have been form Washington, but I dont know for sure.

[hrollaug.livejournal.com]

Wow, ya know turners get similar colors from mold/fungus growing in the wood.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

One of the ways we got the color from the bamboo was to heat it up with a propane torch, then when the oils came to the surface polish quickly.
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edited to say:
Oh did you mean the pots? Forgot about them.

[hroar.livejournal.com]

I especailly like the horsehair threads.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Thanks.
They hold a lot of ink or glaze. You don't have to constantly dip them back in the container.

[hroar.livejournal.com]

thats interesting to know! I dont buy brushes often, but now I will keep that in mind.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Another thing about these handmade brushes is they are so much more sturdy and last way longer than commercial brushes.
If you use brushes at all you know how hard glazes are on brushes. Harder on them than paint or ink.
I use Chinese-type brushes quite a bit and probably have 7 sitting in my studio right now that need their bristles/hair re-glued into the handle. And the handles are cheap too, they crush too easily.
Or have I got off on a tangent again? ;-)

[hroar.livejournal.com]

Not really..8-) This is good stuff.
And yes..glazes ARE rough on brushes, I agree.
I will look into getting soem of these. Hummm..I have had them come of stems often, and need regluing. A couple of my glaze I do reush on; things that dont require such precison as making imagery. (And waxing, too..I do tha tmore, it seems.)

[not-justagirl.livejournal.com]

*giggles* the workshop name is awesome!

those pots are amazing! Who'd have thought you'd get colors like that from the firing... so cool! And I love the brushes too... I can't wait to see what you paint with them!

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I don't have any giant plans for painting with them just yet. I plan on giving some of them to my painting offspring.