Showing posts with label Dragon ring holders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dragon ring holders. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

of dragons and a kitty

More dragon ring holders. I find that I can only make about 3 before my concentration fails me completely. One of these will be underglazed red, I'm not sure about the other two. The red one will be a gift, the others will be for sale at the BHC studio sale on December 11 and 12.

And here's an update on one of the kitty pendants. This is for #1 of The Poupounette. It is meant to be a sort of memorial pendant in honor of dear Yuu-chan who crossed the Rainbow Bridge this past autumn. The symbolism of the rainbow is well defined. The kimono is wrapped right over left which is how Japanese people wrap kimonos on the deceased.

I know that I will be making more pendants like the Yuu-chan one. Two are in the process of being painted right now. And I have been asked to make a few for friends whose kitties or parent's kitties have passed on. I will post photos of those in the future. Right now, I'm still in the prototyping stage. I need to make sure the underglaze doesn't burn out at cone 10. Perhaps I will have to give up my cone 10 snobbery and go to cone 5 (a lower temperature). We shall have to see.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Dragon Ring holders

Been meaning to make these for a long time. However, I got bored after making 3. Must make more!

Some of these will go into the next wood/soda firing on Thanksgiving weekend.

AND, we spend last Thursday and Friday firing the noborigama kiln. So fun. Tonight, we get to open it up. And of course, I forgot my camera at home. Oh well, will use my camera phone for the unloading and then take some 'nice' photos when I get my pieces home.