Iron pour

I got 20 out of 20 molds.  A majority of them are makeshift homes. This is my body of work addressing my discontent for the idea of domestic life. All said and done...I'm satisfied.

Wax molds

I decided to do my special problems in making wax molds.  It's a good opportunity for me to work out a few things before senior project....primarily having more variety and raw contrast while maintaining some sort of intentionality.

Printmaking

Here are a few monotypes I did on the side today. Look for figures. Some are hidden well.

In progress sculptures.

I've roughed out about what I want. It took about twenty rejected compositions. Now I just have to clean them up and tweak the composition.

Lining my cupola

I lined the second part of my cupola today. One more to go. Hopefully she pours iron to my liking.

Fresh out of the kiln

The results from the clay body I tested last firing. Im pretty satisfied with the glaze results and raw body. The addition of A small amount of red iron oxide really helped warm the body up.

Kiln snapshot.

Fingers crossed for a potential show piece.