Raku

Ah, spring brings the smell of pots smoking in the reduction cans.

I love raku, spring and raku firings go hand in hand. I don't know what I like more, spring or fall raku. Here is my favorite piece from today afterschool. It is now in a special spot in the family room.

Cryolite chattered bowls

Bowls bisque fired to cone 05. Now it's time to cover with a transparent glaze and fired to cone 5 to see some magic.

Lady

I like to go back into previous watercolor sketches and refine them with pen and ink. In doing this today, I thumbed through sketches and found profiles of women rare in the body of work I've created. So, I chose this one to refine and now will try to purposefully create more feminine profiles in my future drawings. Doing this will balance out gender in larger works with multiple people.