2018 Progress Report: February

In February, a lot of projects started moving forward. The wet clay work for the mixed media projects was completed during the month and I was able to move on to the next step. Having the projects survive the bisque firing was a very important step toward progressing because I needed to have everything intact so I could trace a proper shape around the foam board that I would use as the back for these pieces. I did have an unfortunate setback because I was running low on both large sizes of foam board and bristol board, the latter which I would need for the drawings. This meant that I could make significant progress on only two pieces this month. Some other good news is that the P13 project which never seems to want to get done has been moving forward yet again.

That's all I have for right now. Sorry it took so long to get this post out. I've been busy trying to get ready for my show. I hope to have both March and April reports out soon.

2/5/18: P1 has survived the bisque firing. I don't plan on gluing it back together until after the raku firing.

2/5/18: Just like P1, P2 survived the bisque firing. It will be be raku fired.

2/5/18: P13 is still in development after a long time and will continue to be for some time. In this particular picture, I'm using foam board to rise the surface so there will be more space for the drawing that I eventually plan on doing.

2/6/18: The flat pieces were glued down and each of them were marked to indicate which drawing goes where. To the left are the pieces of bristol board that are the same shape as the flat panels. They'll be glued onto the panels as soon as the drawings are done.

2/6/18: I put down the glazes for the raku firing. I used raku black and raku red.

2/6/18: I put down the glazes for the raku firing. I used raku black and raku red.

2/12/18: This is currently known as P4. It will be a 3-panel mixed media piece. This will be the only piece that will stay in one piece prior to the bisque firing.

2/12/18: This is currently known as P5. This will be a 4-panel piece. This particular piece has some unusual textures compared to the other ones. It will have to be broken up into multiple parts.

2/14/18: This is currently known as P9. It is a 5-panel piece. Like P5, this will also have to be broken up into multiple pieces prior to the bisque firing.

2/14/18: The raku firing for this piece is done.

2/14/18: The raku firing for P2 is done.

2/20/18: P4 survived the bisque firing.

2/20/18: P5 survived the bisque firing.

2/20/18: P9 survived the bisque firing.

2/20/18: This uses the same black and red glazes that the other pieces used.

2/20/18: This uses the same black and red glazes that the other pieces used.

2/20/18: This uses the same black and red glazes that the other pieces used.

2/28/18: The bristolboard panel and the foam board panel have been created.

2/28/18: The foam board panel and bristolboard pieces have been made. I used two individual pieces of bristolboard because I did not have a large enough piece. I wish it had been a single piece because it would have been easier to do.

2/28/18: The raku firing is done.

2/28/18: The raku firing is done, but it'll have to be re-fired. The kiln was having issues 

2/28/18: Like P5, this will also need to be fired again.