Turned on my home made kick wheel.
Author: blayneknox
Maker of ceramic art and ideas for ceramics.
Terra sigillata and crawl glaze.
Crackle terra sigillata.
This is a white terra that I have got to crack for me. ( It has no glaze)
The first of my new work ( at last )
This is still an on going search but I have now got to a point with this technique where it is producing results. I can say that I have had a long and slow learning curve with terra sig. and its reactions to smoke firing. I had to find the point that it just did not go completely black.!!
Art cubes.
Here is another new idea for this year. I am thinking of incorporating the torn clay into wall art . I have made enough bottles for a while with the torn clay method so,,, moving on. Still working on the easiest method of putting them together. If not for wall art i am sure i can make boxes to this idea as well.!!
A new shape for this year .
The first of a new idea has reached the drying rack. This shape will get a crackle terra sigillata and then lastly a smoke fire. I have made the hole for a wooden handle that i have already made prototypes of . The addition of the torn clay lid puts hours on the work time.
Terra sigillata and laser decals.
Terra sigillata crackle – latest .
Here is the latest pot with crackle terra. I have found that i have to set the crackle in at a higher temp. now and it seems as if it will produce good results
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Kunst op het Drongengoed
We started off our 3 week end exhibition this weekend. Our ceramic group ( Cuesta ) holds a yearly exhibition in an old farm that has been declared a protected monument .
More work done on the Terra sigillata crackle .
Getting the sagger smoke better now. I was getting either no smoke in the crackle or to black. Seems better now. Have worked out that by opening the sagger when still very hot i can alter the effect by re oxidizing or adding more saw dust to the bottom of the sagger.
