Coral Click on the image of any section below to get a page of many items. click on images to make them larger. A few people have given me coral and I fired some. It emerged from the clean pristinely clean and, fascinated and eager to share, I placed fired pieces into my bike basket and rode a short distance to show the scientist who gave it to me. After a block of vibration the coral was powder. I tried experimenting again by splattering some white glaze onto another test in the next firing. That worked until a day after -- that sat all by itself in an empty room and disintegrated just from the weight of time! |
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| FRAGILE. On translucent porcelain -- a pile of this material survived firing and fumed salt glaze on the clay around it. How much vibration it can withstand before collapsing into a pile of powder is a question I can't answer. This is an experiment awaiiting completion. I recommend hand carrying this to your destination. | | | A series of introductions led to these gift samples which I fired ... the wonderful data recorded on the bags by Jenny Paduan delighted me with legible and interesting information, that helped me with my brushwork. Keep clicking to see biggest image of piece before firing. | ||
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| Coral looked perfect after firing but as soon as it was moved it disintegrated into powder, which is contained in the jar -- calcium carbonate. Other glaze is black slip glaze on pocelain that is heavily affected by a pile of eel grass seaweed that melted on it. | |||||
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