Week 1: Progress

In the first week of class, I decided to finish up glazing some ceramics stuff from last term.I didn't get it finished up, but I did glaze 3 votive candle holders (the 2 chunky square ones and the delicate circular one).

On the chunky square ones, I used the Sea Mist glaze on the outside, which has glass chips in it which will become specks of white and blue. In the star-shaped indentations, I painted canary yellow. On the inside, I used an opalescent glaze (I think it was Sapphire Blue...)

On the delicate circular one, I used Light Green on the inside, and Black Magic on the outside. I want to have that nice contrast against the black when the light from the candle shines out. As you can see in the pictures, I put masking tape around the outside so that the light green could be poured into to inside and swished around. Then, I took the tape off, and applied a few coats of black with a sponge. The last coat I did with a brush, which takes longer, but I wanted to make sure the outside had a smooth and not pebbled texture.