Cassius Clay -- Glazed Bird

My first play with the clay -- just took some disks from the block of clay to feel how it was in my fingers...this guy came out, so took him all the way...a token reminder of the start my new clay avenue with  Cassius Clay.

Since I had made some test tiles for some plates, the bird shares their colors...with a little pingo on his face for character.

Cassius Clay -- Glazed and fired Plates

Still getting to know this clay and how it takes glazes. Playing with the theme of  "organic" rounds -- small plates..and one for when you are even less hungry.

Fireworks 2018

Walk at coast

Platter -- ceramic with paper cut pattern

Used papercut as stencil for glaze...applied to wet cassius clay...bisque fired, then applied over-glaze (shinier than desired), but usable for food. Yes, intention was for "brush strokes."

Using wheat grass as cake decoration

Was trying to help make this a little less candy, and a bit more "natural" an outdoor scene in helping my niece decorate cake for her bike loving Daddy, and produce section revealed a wheat grass plant (edible) that looks like grass...because it is grass! Blueberries for rocks, but then the candy won.

Glazed Cassius Clay -- too shiny

I wanted more earthernware look here.  Should have tested them before I did overglaze. Test tiles to figure it out for next time.  Too shiny. But I am ok with the less than symmetric roundness.

  where did it go?!

   

 ugga on this...the shiny makes it too something..wanted dichotomy of refined with natural..didn't get there.