Day 59

Pierced luminary

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White clay and salmon color clay.

UPDATE: fired

Day 58

Shallow textured bowl

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Brown clay

Unfired

Day 57

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Pot similar to day 54, but with much thinner walls and without so many cracks.

It is the same clay, creaton 359, salmon color. 

Day 56

Brown pierced luminary

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Brown clay

Unfired

Day 55

Luminary

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White clay

Unfired

Update: fired (brown engobe)

Day 54

Testing new clay 

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It is Creaton 359 (salmon) with 25 % chamotte. 

Unfired.

Day 53

Brown planter

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Brown clay

Unfired

Day 52

Luminary

This pinched luminary is an attempt of developing

the idea that I was working on last year .

 I imagined some oval shaped luminary that consists of two parts and looks like

a little sculpture. The idea came spontaneously while I was working

on something completely different and not really interesting so  

in that moment that was really creative inspiration for me.

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Unfired

The idea itself was good but in the end it failed in a practical sense. 

There wasn't enough oxygen for candle to burn. 

The crucial thing I didn't think of.

And I made three of these "idea luminary" before I realized that. :)

They look nice but that's all.

This one is different ,

 I pierced  it a lot and made it bigger and rounded. 

UPDATE: fired (black oxide)

Day 51

Hanging plant pot

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Majolica clay

Unfired

Day 50

Majolica birdhouse

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So this is another ceramic birhouse which I made. 

It is bigger from the last one and 

this time I was thinking about holes for the ventilation and drainage :)

I punched two holes on the both sides

and three holes on the bottom. 

Hole in the middle of the bottom is for the wooden perch.

It has also a hole on the top for hanging.

Unfired

Day 49

Cactus pot

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Majolica

Unfired

Day 48

Majolica hanging luminary

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Day 47

Hanging luminary

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Brown clay
Unfired

Day 46

Plant pot

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Brown clay

Unfired

Day 45

Pinched vase

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Majolica clay, brown engobe
Unfired

Day 44

Textured plant pot

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Majolica clay

Unfired

Day 43

                                                                 

Hanging pinch pot from the leftovers

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Day 42

Plant pot

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Mixed clay from the leftovers

Unfired

Day 41

Plant pot with cracks 

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Mixed clay from the leftovers

Unfired

Day 40

Plant pot with black pepper and cumin

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Day 39

Plant pot with black pepper

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Burnished surface

Unfired

UPDATE: Fired

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Day 38

Burnished cactus pot

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Unfired

Day 37

Dots

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Brown chamotte clay

Unfired

UPDATE: fired

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Day 36

Shallow cactus pot

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Majolica clay, white engobe

Unfired

UPDATE: Fired

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Day 35

Pink crack bowl

This is one bigger pot with cracks from pink chamotte clay.

It will probably be for some small succulent garden.

It has simple oval form with lot of cracks.

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Pink chamotte clay

Unfired

Day 34

Meanwhile pot

This one cracked on the back side.

 It doesn't bother me but I hope it won't completely crack in firing.

I am slowly preparing myself for spring planting so I am obsessively

working on pots for cacti, succulents and herbs.
That is the plan for planting. For now.
But I can already see myself  going from the local market with 
a bunch of bags full of unplanned plants.

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 I am looking forward to more relaxed, fresh and sunny spring days!

This year forecast says it is going to be a very sunny spring

so the only thing left to do is to wait. :)

UPDATE: Fired

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Day 33

Plant pot

White clay with a little bit of pink.

I tried burnishing again. 

I started at the bottom with the back of a metal spoon.

Lower on the pot you can see how a metal spoon left a black marks on a clay.

So, I continued with the back of a ceramic spoon and it didn't leave any marks.

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I guess these marks are from the graphite in metal

 so it will burn away after the firing.

I burnished this just once.

UPDATE: Fired 

Day 32

Pinched vase

This vase is from a mixed clay, pink and white.

It is really nice and sweet, 

but it doesn't look so good on photos.

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I will take more photos after the firing so
I am hoping it will be better.
Pink and white clay
Unfired

UPDATE: Fired

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