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 77

Hanging planter/luminary

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White clay

Unfired

Day 65

The fatty one

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Salmon color clay (Creaton 359)

I can't stop with dots.

Day 62

Brown dotted bowl

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This is similar to day 37, 

I made it for my father, for his birthday which is today :)

 I'm going to use this bowl for glass fusing also.

Unfired

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 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 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 41

Plant pot with cracks 

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Mixed clay from the leftovers

Unfired

Day 37

Dots

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Brown chamotte clay

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 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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Day 31

Burnishing

This is the first time I actually tried to do some burnishing.

It was fun at the beginning but it takes a lot of time, practice and patience.

Burnishing is basically rubbing the surface of the clay piece until it becomes glossy.

The burnishing tools you use need to be smooth, hard and easy to hold.

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Most potters use the back of the spoon or polished stones for this technique.

Burnishing simply aligns the tiny clay particles so they will reflect the light.

This technique is highly influenced by the state of drying.

The best stage to burnish is usually at the later stage of letaherhard.

Many potters burnish the piece few times to achieve the ultimate finish.

More about burnishing .

Simon Leach video about burnishing.

UPDATE: Fired

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Day 29

Little ugly plant pot

You can see that I didn't put much effort in this one.

It's a small, ugly cactus pot but I hope for some pretty cactus in it 

so it will make a balance :)

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Honestly,

 I really don't remember what clay this is because I didn't updated blog

exactly the same day

and I forgot it in the meanwhile.

I think it is the brown clay but we will see after the firing. :)

UPDATE: Fired

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Day 14

Hanging pink cactus pot

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UPDATE: Fired pot

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