Completed Works

Before and After

Before and After

By on September 26, 2018 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

I was going to start “Conceal and Carry” but decided to try to get a few more existing works finished. This one has been sitting on the “todo” pile for quite sometime now, so here it is, before and after. It’s in the kiln as we speak getting another firing to finalizing some of the […]

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Side two Mountain

Side two Mountain

By on September 5, 2018 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

This side appears to have melted a little less into the underlying clay and shows almost no cone 6 glaze.  Not certain why perhaps this side of the sculpt was positioned away from the coils of the kiln? More layering between the surface pattern and the clay? Not sure. Here is, however, a breakdown as […]

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Mountain Glaze unglazed

Mountain Glaze unglazed

By on September 5, 2018 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

When you fire cone 6 the clay really melts causing a fusion between the underlying clay and the surface design. If the surface isn’t thick enough it melts away, gets blurred, or gets really dark. Here is one example where the cone 6 glaze really wiped out the pattern and caused mostly a blurred effect. […]

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Interesting Blues

Interesting Blues

By on September 5, 2018 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

I built up layers of different types of blue on top of the Vulcan figure, combining an electric blue underglaze with rubbed in blue mason stain using a frit as a binder. On top of this, I randomly painted a cone 6 clear glaze I had created last year. The results are very interesting. Where the […]

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Fire – Completed

Fire – Completed

By on July 9, 2018 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

Completed the firing and assemblage of the “Fire” lawn gnome. It’s a mess but the idea is clear. Finalizing the “water” sculpt over the next couple of weeks and then I’m open as to what comes next.

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New Standing Figure

New Standing Figure

By on June 7, 2017 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

This is just using a red underglaze, applied in green and a second coat after bisque. The covered in a commercial clear glaze. Not too bad. I really like the standing figure that is somewhat abstracted. I tried out a dipped piece of cloth in slip cast material as well and it worked well . […]

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Completed Figure

Completed Figure

By on July 5, 2016 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

Spent about 4 hours completing this figure in the studio. I’m getting a little stagnant on my efforts so decided to change it up a bit and allow the work to take on a heavier tone. This work I’m thinking about calling “wound”

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Final Boxer

Final Boxer

By on January 27, 2016 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

Boxer completed..Finally!! I’m beginning today two new figuratives.

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Walking Man Finish Line

Walking Man Finish Line

By on August 21, 2015 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

Getting closer, still need to silver out the mask, wax finishes and cold work on the pants and hands and belt, and the wood stick, then it’s done.

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Walking Man

Walking Man

By on August 11, 2015 in Completed Works with 0 Comments

I think the original intention was to do an actual figure of a man in a trench coat walking vigorously, but the  thing seemed too challenging so I broke it down into multiple parts for assembly. It’s time I think to regroup after this is completed and try again. My next work after this is […]

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