Day 80

                                                                    

 Luminary

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Brown clay

Pinched

Unglazed

Fired

Day 79

                                                                        Luminary 

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White clay

Brown engobe

Fired

Day 70

Pierced cupola luminary

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White clay, 40 % chamotte

Salmon color clay, 25 % chamotte

unfired

Day 67

 Luminary

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Pink clay 25 % chamotte

Brown clay 25 % chamotte

unfired

Day 60

Spacey cupola shaped luminary

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White clay, 25 % chamotte

Salmon color clay, 25 % chamotte

Unfired

Day 59

Pierced luminary

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White clay and salmon color clay.

UPDATE: fired

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 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 47

Hanging luminary

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Brown clay
Unfired

Day 30

Luminary

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Mixed two types of clay, pink and a little bit of white.

UPDATE: Fired 

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Day 26

Hanging candle holder

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This turned out a little funny. 

It has a big hole for the candle from the backside 

and on the top you can see a hole for attaching a twine or something else

so it can hang.

Day 24

Pierced candle holder

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Majolica clay
Unfired

UPDATE: Fired

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Day 13

Hanging luminary

This will be a pinch pot luminary.

I've gone too far with decorating surface on this one. Again.
I punched two big holes from the side so it can hang also.
I'm not much satisfied with this one.
Too much of everything.

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UPDATE: Fired luminary

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Day 4

Luminary

I was in a big hurry today, so much to do and so little time on my side.

I really don't like it when I don't have the time to work relaxed and without a pressure but 

today was one of those days when things just don't go according to plan.

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This supposed to have a little dandelions flower decoration. But...

As you see, no sign of dandelions. I punched holes a little to soon, 

because I didn't have time to wait for clay to harden.

In the end it got some kind of stone texture.

When I captured this photos I noticed a little heart on one.

I love when this coincidence occurs when you least expect it!

(especially when you are not satisfied with your work) 

:)

UPDATE: After the firing

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Day 3

Hanging luminary

I love to work with pink clay. 

It has 40 % of chamotte so it's a little bit hard to shape in the beginning

but when you get a grip on it it's quite easy.

Chamotte clay dries faster than the regular clay 

and sometimes that's really good thing, especially when you're

 impatient or you don't have time to wait for it to become the leather hard.

I added some decorations in white clay and after I finished with it

 the clay was hard enough so I started to punch holes. 

I wanted to do something simple but...

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I was so into it that I exaggerated with all the holes and the texture in general.

 Not only that,

                                  I also added some manganese oxide to some of the decorations. 

                                           I intended this pinch pot to be hanging candle holder.

 I will leave it unglazed.

UPDATE: 
Fired piece without the decoration

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I didn't attach them very well and this pink clay dries a little bit faster from the white
so it fell off in the process of drying.
Nevermind, it looks just fine the way it is.

Day 2

Luminary

Today I was working with white clay

 and experimenting with manganese oxide.
Texture is nearly the same to the one I made yesterday. 

To be honest, 

I have a lack of inspiration this days but I like it anyway.

 It's another candle holder.

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 I used manganese oxide for the first time so I'm very excited about 

what the fired piece will look like!

You can find more useful informations

 about oxides and decorating here. 

UPDATE: Fired luminary

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Day 1

Majolica luminary

This is the first pinch pot I made for a project. 
I am obsessed with candles so this will be a little candle holder. It's still unfired.
I was working with majolica and experimenting a little with texture. 

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I partially put some yellow engobe on

 textured surface and waited till it was leather hard so I can make holes for the light. 

I will leave it unglazed.
 At some point I will put the photos of finished, fired piece. 
The images are not very good, sorry about that.
 It will get better with time :) 

UPDATE : Fresh from the kiln

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