CASTING!!!! This class is the BEST. I am working on a mason jar drop light chandelier installation piece for my final and these larva will be inside of the mason jars along with cast moths and beetles. I hand made 4 larva from dark brown wax and then made RTV molds of them that way I could use the wax injector and make a ton of them. Sadly, one of my flasks last night wasn't able to vacuum so I wasn't able to cast it but it's not a big deal since I have mold of these so making another tree to cast didn't take too long.
This weekend my Ceramics 1 class went to our school's foundry to do a process called Raku. I used specific glazes for this geode that work with Raku and then placed my piece (along with the classes) in an outside propane gassed kiln and let it sit in there for an hour and a half, then pulled it out wear this gorgeous outfit! I also have 30 small crystal forms I made for that go inside of this geode bowl but I will fire those normally using normal glazes.
I love owls. Plain and simple. This piece I made for Sculpture 1. I used Soldate 60 clay to model this owl and the ancient bone it sits on. The piece was fired and then I painted it with acrylic paint doing a dry brush technique.
For my Sculpture 1 class last semester I made a sky pirate ship (inspired from The Edge Chronicles) for my wax to bronze assignment. I hand dyed the sails, put a hot patina of cupric nitrate on the ocean base (then added resin over it so it looks wet), and the main ship body has a liver of sulfur patina.
I am making this piece for my Ceramics 1 class. This is the slab assignment and it works great for building house or room structures. I decided to make a cottage that is the home mice live in before a magician pulls them from his top hat.... kinda out there, but super fun to make ;)
A little sneak peak of the mason jar drop light fixture I will make for my casting class (cast objects will be inside the jars). I'm hoping my never-before-explored-electrician-skills work out....
I'm sorry I can't find the artist of this magnificent piece, but needed to post it anyway. I find this so striking and I love all of the hidden things amongst the whole.
