{"id":599,"date":"2011-10-08T22:22:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T13:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/?p=599"},"modified":"2011-10-08T22:22:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T13:22:48","slug":"starting-brush-deco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/starting-brush-deco.html","title":{"rendered":"Starting brush deco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Still working on making pots in between a sudden flurry of activities I hadn’t planned on. Isn’t that how it always works?\u00a0 The pots from last week are all dry and ready to be glazed, so I’m in the middle of doing the underglaze deco on them. Hopefully I can finish that up and get them all glazed tomorrow. Then start loading the kiln with them to free up shelf space for more pots.<\/p>\n

In the pictures today are some larger versions of the small ovals from last week. The top two ware boards are medium sized ovals thrown off of the hump. The lower shelf is ovals made from individual 2kg balls. The big round one was a 3kg ball, and is about 34cm in diameter. The decorated pots are the round dishes, and the shoe shaped (kutsugata) dishes. They will all be glazed while green and once fired.<\/p>\n

Still trying to figure out how to draw a good bird, and had fun experimenting with the various brush strokes for making the wings and body. So many variations for all the body parts. Tried very hard to do all of the strokes as quickly as possible, to keep them looking fresh. Far from being skilled at this yet, but feel that I have taken a step or two in the right direction.<\/p>\n