I should be just about done with my donation to the Rainbow of Art Fundraising auction for PFLAG by tomorrow. Well, I better be, because the art coordinator is coming by in the afternoon to pick it up. I wish I would have finished earlier, because I think I’m going to like the way it turns out. I like to live with my artwork sometimes before releasing it into the wild.
This morning I’m going to be sewing the background for the shadow box, and am having a glaze fire for the ceramic house component. I’m not sure how visible it is, but I’m replacing the glass front with a plexiglass one - which I cut out the other day. I’m going to be drawing into the plexiglass piece to add a little more texture and backstory to the piece.
I was very excited to see that my little nichrome wire hanger fired just fine on the back of the ceramic house. It’s a little brittle now that it’s been fired, but it should be easier in the long run than sawing, attaching and glueing wood blocks onto the backs of wall pieces.
Waaaaaa…. Okay, it’s out of my system now. I have experienced a string of cracking issues in the bottom of my thrown pieces. This is happening during the drying process and I’m wondering if I’m not wedging correctly, or am I drying work too fast? I’m making sure that I’m compressing well with a rib during the throwing process. I just paid a visit to the Clay Art discussion group, which has a lot of technical information for people who work with clay and there are plenty of suggestions to try out in the future.
Part of the problem might be that I haven’t been throwing all that much this summer. I’m out of practice. Next week brings the start of school for my daughter, and I’m going to spend the week in my studio just making work. David, if you’re reading this - it truly will be in September that I have your work finished. So sorry…
In other news, we watched a fun documentary last night called 10 MPH: Seattle to Boston in 100 Days. It’s about this group of people who quit their corporate gig to travel cross country on a Segway traveling at, you guessed it, 10 mph. Well, actually only 1 of the members truly traveled only via Segway. The other members were the support crew, marketing staff, fundraisers etc. My favorite part of the movie was the little side stories of the people they met along the way. 2 thumbs up - inspiring story especially for my husband who would like to leave his corporate life behind! I’ve already quit my “real” job, but the truth of the matter is, you still need money to survive. The movie points this out rather week, but, sometimes, you just gotta go for it…
~Cynthia
Tags: 10 mph, c crack in bisque, nichrome wire, PFLAG Rainbow of Art Auction
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