chinese lantern

 Here's a chinese lantern I made a bout a year ago.
It was inspired by feng shui, which i'm really interested in.
Its made using grogged stoneware which is ideal for slab building.

I slab rolled 11 pieces of clay and left to go leather hard. I then cut the pieces to size using a card template. I joined the pieces together using score and slip method. The piece was then bisquit fired prior to glazing. The high fire glaze was then fired again to over 1200c.

Here it is from another angle. The towers can be lit using battery operated tea lights. It can be placed in the home in a good feng shui corner, or outside as it is frost proof.


Looks quite magical when lit.

Matterhorn 2012

wendywallwork Folksy

2012
Wow ! A trip that was full of wonder. Stayed in Zermatt for a week, hiking around the base of the marvelous Matterhorn.

chocolate black fruit bowl

 This bowl was made with chocolate black clay and white stoneware clay. I started by rolling small balls of clay in each colour. I then pressed the balls into an ordinary fruit bowl that I lined with clingfilm. To get the swirly effect I gently smoothed the interior with a metal kidney. When it was leather hard I lifted the ware out of the existing fruit bowl and peeled back the clingfilm. It was left to dry and clear glazed before firing to both the clays firing range.

This pot was made using three different clays. Redware, chocolate black and white stoneware. All the clays had similar shrinkage rate and firing temps.
The coiling method was used for this ware to enable the different clays to fit in the design. Once the ware was leather hard I burnished it with the back of a metal spoon. It was then fired at a very slow rate. The pot now has a lovely sheen where it was burnished.