POTTERS and MUSES

Welcome all - whether you are new at trying your hand at different types of "ceramics" or an old pro, please consider this your Home :)

All members are invited to post topics for discussions, comment on existing topics (however old), ask questions, post art for suggestions or critiques; whatever you would like to do, with courtesy to all - and the Muses can be Nature, Poetry, Prosetry, other forms of creative art, so again, Welcome!!

There are lots of caring, creative, inventive, diverse artists in the group, so please join us and join in :)

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Above all, ENJOY !!

CLAY STUDY - Summer 2008
Here is the study I propose:

Find a piece of colorful, boldly patterned fabric (a solid will not do) and cut out a 12" square.

Roll and cut a .25" thick slab about 12.5" by 12.5".

Using applied clay in relief as well carving/denting tools, see if you can recreate the design of the fabric, corner to corner, on your slab. No scanning or photocopying. We can post pictures at the greenware stage.

Then, using slips on greenware and/or glaze on bisque, fire your slab the appropriate number of times to see how close you can come to reproducing the cloth in clay. If you're happy with the end result you can frame both and set them side by side for viewing!

Some of you may be in production for fall/winter shows, so we can let this study ride for the summer with perhaps an October 1st deadline. Post if you're interested in participating.

Thanks. - M


posted by Manitaliano