So it starts will making some more clay. I used up all of what I took over when I made the plates and even took some of Jessie's so I could make a total of 6, so I would have 9 plates in that series. I got the clay started, then ran to the store to get dog food while it mixed. Then I pugged, in all I took about 30# this time.
I pulled out my slip. I store it open because I use it for a variety of things. It is thick, but I add water to get the consistency I want. If I need it very liquid, I would take only part of it out to do this. It allows it to be flexible. In this case you can see the brush, I made the Iron Oxide slip (which is very dark in this case) as thick as house paint, the white I made as thick as regular yogurt.
Here are the six plates I made the day before. I cut them off the bat as they were dryer now. I often cut things off when I make them and small things I often take right off the bat after throwing. Plates are tricky. I let them dry before I cut them off, let them dry some more until the lip can support the plate and then I flip them to finish drying.
This should look rather familiar, this is how I decorated three other plates when I was testing out this design idea.
Here is the companion salad bowls. You can see size based on the wheel head.
Here for comparison is the large Salad Bowls, a small serving dish (think blue cheese), and a large serving bowl.
And here they are decorated in similar fashion.
As are the rest of the bowls.
So everything needs to dry. Given the added moisture of the slip, I did not cut off the bowls but will do so tomorrow. Everything is being dried very slowly given I am doing plates. Tomorrow I will likely remove everything from their bats, and place them on ware boards to finish drying.
Once dry enough they will bisque and then... still not sure what I am doing for glaze. It needs to show the design, but given the background of this slip it will allow from more than just clear being used.
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