Friday, September 5, 2008

Ruffle Bowl - Cracked


Here's the ruffle bowl, doesn't it look nice?


Now take a closer look. I was checking on the drying. What did I see? A crack, no lots of cracks - at every ruffle. I know what happened. Last night I took a tool to impress a little design around the outside of the bowl. The bowl was a little too dry, but I did it any way. Shame on me, that's what I get. Boo Hoo!
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5 comments:

  1. Cheryl Alena Kinzel9/6/08, 9:38 AM

    I love the seashell plates! What are you thinking for glaze?

    And my mother said the same thing about the gas vs. wood fireplace.
    I guess I'll have to think about it.
    :)

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  2. Linda Starr9/6/08, 11:16 PM

    Welcome Cheryl, it's easy for me to know how to spell your name since my sister spells her's the same way.

    I responded here once, not sure what happened to it, lost in cyberspace.

    Thanks about the shell bowls. Often times I think shell motifs are overdone, but I like them. I can just see shrimp salad on a bed of lettuce in these. I'm thinking of a peachy pink color for the shell bowls. I have an orange shino for the Cone 10 reduction firing at the college, I'd like to try on them - won't even do a test firing as I'd have to wait for another whole firing to get them done which could be a while. For my Cone 5/6 kiln here I was thinking of a pink pearlescent - if I can find anything like that I can make up.

    I had some fresh scallops served with their shells years ago when my husband and I were dating and I have never forgotten the beauty of the shells. If I could duplicate that color, I'd be happy as a "clam" oops I mean scallop

    Here's a link to the color I am thinking of:
    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.museumeducation.bedford.gov.uk/Bedfordbytes/nature/images_nature/gallery_natural_objects/images/Scallop%2520Shell_jpg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.museumeducation.bedford.gov.uk/Bedfordbytes/nature/images_nature/gallery_natural_objects/pages/Scallop%2520Shell_jpg.htm&h=400&w=600&sz=33&hl=en&start=1&um=1&usg=__Dc-ma4YswF6ISZKj736vPHEBzPA=&tbnid=qZGT_wKVTjl3wM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscallop%2Bshell%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DSUNA,SUNA:2006-01,SUNA:en%26sa%3DN

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  3. Linda Starr9/7/08, 12:12 PM

    Oh Cheryl, I added you to my blog roll.

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  4. Joan Tucker9/7/08, 10:19 PM

    Linda, See http://wwwbeadheads.blogspot.com
    for Beadmobile.

    jt

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  5. Linda Starr9/8/08, 10:01 AM

    Thanks Joan, I'll check it out.

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