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

I remembered to take progress pics of this and then it broke after I bisque fired it

attempted speedrun bust - I probably spend 5 hours on this?

And bisqued! This clay has a really dramatic color change from wet to fired

my second bust came out better but a big piece cracked off when I bisque fired it (must have done a bad job attaching). I'm not that sad about it, since it already has the antique vibe, and if I glaze it the color difference won't be as severe