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@tripofmice@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

I faced my fears (of glazing) and actually finished some ceramics pieces

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A ceramic plaque with a stylized gorgon face sticking its tongue out and a banner with the numbers 502

A small pot that is decorated to look like it's make of fingers, sitting on finger-shaped feet.

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@tripofmice@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

my lil guy made a friend in the kiln

A kiln loaded with glazed pottery, mostly bowls and vases but two figurative pieces: my antelope headed kneeling figure, and a pot with a cartoonish face, made by someone else

@tripofmice@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

got one piece ready to bisque fire, and started on this grumpy grumpy guy

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a nude figure with a lizard head sitting with legs up, one hand on the leg and the other on the shoulder

a rough rendering of a naked man with an irritable expression sitting in lotus position

@tripofmice@friend.camp last mo.

we made it through bisque!

A sitting figure with a frog/lizard head, and a much smaller, bearded naked old man with a towel over his shoulders and a leaf on his head. He has a tiny sauna whisk and bucket

@tripofmice@friend.camp last mo.

and fired

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a ceramic statue of a person with a frog/reptile head sitting with its legs up, glazed mossy green

the same figure at a different angle

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@tripofmice@friend.camp 2 wk. ago

colorful Dorothy Day! I think I’ve learned a lot about making busts since firing this, but I’m making an effort to both be happy with finished pieces and aware of how I will approach things differently next time

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a small, palm-sized bust of Dorothy Day depicted wearing a muddy green shirt and reddish head scarf, with her face painted in bright, abstract patches of color

The same bust from the other side

@tripofmice@friend.camp 2 wk. ago

I tried a different technique for building this one and had a lot of fun (also a new type of clay which let me tell you smells very nice (like mud))

a small nude reclining figure modeled in a reddish clay, it has a feminine body and three snakes emerging from the neck instead of a head

@tripofmice@friend.camp 1 hr. ago

frog of frogs

A cartoonish ceramic frog face with a wide open mouth full of smaller versions of the same frog face.

@tripofmice@friend.camp last mo.

we getting dorothy day? idk what I’ll do about her glasses

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a small bust of an old woman

the bust from another angle

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@tripofmice@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

also this guy is home -- there's a lot I would do different in retrospect but I'm pretty happy with it 😊

A nude ceramic figure with an antelope head, glazed green

@christa@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice a real excellent set of guys

@aparrish@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice i would watch a feature film about their hijinx for sure

@cass@muffin.industries 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice nice!

@christa@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice wow only just realizing how excellent the cup is too

@ellen@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice perfect glaze choice for the face!

@quaad@everything.happens.horse 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice mouse! can you pour me three fingers of anything, please!

@ranjit@friend.camp 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice oooooooh

@todrobbins@social.coop 2 mo. ago

@tripofmice these turned out so great!

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