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Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
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Comment by Deanna Baechtel on September 2, 2011 at 7:25pm
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what company do you find has the best results for there glazes, what companys do you like to use. I used to buy my glazes but kept getting really bad results and it just cost to much for crap.
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Comment by Jan Wallace on August 3, 2011 at 10:39pm
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Well, whatever you are doing, the results are great!
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I no longer mix any of my own glazes ...my experimentation is with the layering, application and combinations of these.
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Catherine, do you use commercial raku glazes or make your own? You have a nice colour palette here.
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Your right Jan...They are Raku Fired . Sprayed glazes and reduced in garbage cans.
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Your welcome Catherine. You a very talented. I just love them and the glazing compliments them so beautifully too. They look reduced and possibly raku fired. Please explain.
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No Jan each figure is unique...I begin with an extruded form and then manipulate it! The figure has always been a favorite of mine both in drawing and in clay...It can be such an expressive form! As a beginning art student my love was in fashion design and illustration........but a required class outside my major changed all that! It has been a love affair ever since :) Thanks for your complements and interest Jan!
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These are soooo cool! Did you form these over something?
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