I faced my fears (of glazing) and actually finished some ceramics pieces

my lil guy made a friend in the kiln

got one piece ready to bisque fire, and started on this grumpy grumpy guy

we made it through bisque!

and fired

colorful Dorothy Day! I think I’ve learned a lot about making busts since firing this, but I’m making an effort to both be happy with finished pieces and aware of how I will approach things differently next time

I tried a different technique for building this one and had a lot of fun (also a new type of clay which let me tell you smells very nice (like mud))

frog of frogs

unexpected glazing results on these -- the studio misfired the bisque kiln as glaze, which I think is why they came out like this, instead of a rich reddish-brown

gallery wall for a certain cat