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

[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.