Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery » Uncategorized http://firewhenreadypottery.com A Chicago potter's somewhat slanted view of clay & play Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:33:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Stamped Cylinders… tomorrow they become mugs! http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2011/10/stamped-cylinders-tomorrow-thye-become-mugs/ http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2011/10/stamped-cylinders-tomorrow-thye-become-mugs/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:49:12 +0000 Gary http://firewhenreadypottery.com/?p=11993 Overnight the cylinders stiffened up to a “wet” leatherhard state. And since I need to
keep things moving forward, I unwrapped them and started stamping wetter than I’d like!
Here’s a few examples… side-by-side… plain and then stamped!

And here they are… the first batch of new mugs stamped and ready to dry some more.
Hopefully tomorrow I can start trimming, handle attaching & slip decorating!

]]> http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2011/10/stamped-cylinders-tomorrow-thye-become-mugs/feed/ 2 Summer Camp: Week K – Wild Masks & Wild Things http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2010/08/summer-camp-week-k-wild-masks-wild-things/ http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2010/08/summer-camp-week-k-wild-masks-wild-things/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:05:11 +0000 Gary http://firewhenreadypottery.com/?p=5557 Well, the week has ended and therefore so has my week of “Wild Things.”
And today was a big day for the campers as we finish the week & their projects.
The day started with them getting the masks that they made on Monday back from
the kiln. As expected… the masks were all adorable! Including Jasmine’s panda,
Sarah’s T-Rex, Shane’s dog, Trudy’s buffalo, Yulia’s cat… and my demo bird!

Then the kids worked to finish their animal sculptures by painting on the details
with acrylic paint. It’s always amazing to me how their “vision” comes together -
as they always seem to “have a plan” for their sculptures… and what I was “questioning”
before suddenly makes sense as they paint on the details. They’re amazing!

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