After cleaning my studio the other day I found some dark red terra cotta colored slip I got in California. I decided to add it to the exterior of one of my driftwood handled baskets. I love the combination of the red clay with the black slip (it looks almost blue; if too little black stain is added it may turn out blue but that will be OK with me). I'll leave the exterior unglazed to hopefully keep the reddish color. The interior will probably be glazed with a dark brown. Since I'm using a different clay body, little loafers, I hope this slip is compatible. We shall see.
Here's a close up of the multiple layers of slip I've applied. With the undercuts of overlapped clay it took me forever to get all the crevices coated with the slip. Hope all that work is worth it in the end.
Here's another driftwood handled basket. I think I might glaze this one a white or an oatmeal color. Doesn't the driftwood look like a snake with it's mouth open?
This basket is 13 x 10 inches. I finally used my hair dryer so this one didn't collapse on me. I don't know why I've resisted using it in the past. I'm taking some work up to the fairgrounds in Hiawassee for the
Georgia Mountain Fall Festival today. The festival runs from the 10th to the 18th. We're in booth #15. There's arts and crafts and music each day and the festival ends with a fiddler's contest. I work at the festival on Monday and Tuesday the 13 and 14th. This Saturday and two other days this month I work at
ArtWorks Artisan Center. So it's going to be a whorl wind of activity this month. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
