Blue Bunny and Green Gator

Well, here they are. And my Stroke N Coat adventures continue. Before the blue bunny was glaze fired, he was blue with cute little red flowers with yellow centers. After being fired the yellow centers were completely absorbed into the blue never to be seen again. The red petals ran like crazy. Hmmm.

I do like how the gator turned out. His orange and blue swirls remind me a little of paisley, and there isn't much I like better than a pretty paisley pattern.

Last Tuesday night in class I just wasn't into it and spent three-quarters of the evening fiddling with several wads of clay. Nothing seemed to want to be made. Then about forty-five minutes before the end of class I started shaping a rosebud. I seem to remember it looking pretty good by the end of the night. We'll see next week.

Bandit

Please allow me to introduce you to Bandit.  Bandit kindly shares the home of my friend, Barbara. In flesh and fur, Bandit is actually more orange than his clay counterpart, as you can see, though I do like how his expression and pose turned out. I'm continuing to be surprised by the Stroke N Coat results. As I was glazing the figure I was afraid that I'd used too much orange and tried to tone it down with a little more yellow and white. As it turned out he's not quite orange enough now. I think it's just a matter of experience, tho, and with practice, I'll have a better idea of how a piece is going to turn out. Next week I should have a couple pieces that are being fired this week to share.