Over Fired Among the Flowers

Posted by Rabbit (Richmond, United States) on 16 April 2008 in Art & Design.

So the piece on the right is my pinhole camera - for some reason i do not remember the exact title but i know its has the words Among the Flowers. That may be the whole title, but as i said i just can't remember right now. I've been working so much on making new pieces since i had a whole batch get ruined :(

The pink color of the mug on the left - is suppose to be the color of the pinhole camera on the right. This is from the first firing called the bisque fire. There is no glaze on either of them. Basically what i'm saying is BOTH these pieces should be the same pink color.

Besides for being over fired i also couldn't get the top off the sucker... neither the pinhole shutter or the lid... i'll have to take another picture so you can see the different pieces. Anyway i ask my teacher about this and she said hang on let me get a board. She goes gets a board and then taps the lid several times - tap tap tap and then rotates the object tap tap tap and rotates again going all the way around the pot, she hands it to me then says - here you do this i'll be right back with another board....
so i continue the tap tap tap method and she comes back with a different board - does the tap tap tap and a bap... the lid come undone! wow, my eyes get big - and then she gently taps out the pinhole shutter cap to.

Then she hands me the boards - i notice they are 2 different weights (they are roughly the same size tho) but the density is different and she says you notice the lighter board worked in getting the lid off? i said yeah? (with a questioning look) she looks back shes like yup and i don't know why - sometimes you just need to try something different.

New things learned,
rabbit

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