[caption id="attachment_667" align="aligncenter" width="490" caption="raku birdhouse"][/caption] I'm back from a short break, spring break, as it's called. Hope to start working on raku clay, to do some raku firings. This old birdhouse was made & fired during a Bob Smith workshop. The colors & textures are amazing. A bit burned on the top rim of the pot, markings from the straw we used, the unglazed lower half. I tried once, to fire a piece of metal clay with raku glaze on it. My kiln at the time was firing strangely, and the entire piece melted into a blob in the bottom of the kiln. Still have the jar of glaze. Will use it on some raku clay instead. The metal clay experiment was an expensive blob!
[caption id="attachment_663" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Found art, Winter Park ski area, Colorado"][/caption]
Came across this sculptural piece of art in the woods today. I'm calling it "found art". As you can see, a ski patrolmen is skiing by. I'm not sure who shimmied up this tree trunk to place the antlers & skulls there, will have to do some research, I guess. Glad I had packed my camera in my backpack.
It was a good break, no TV, no internet, had to travel to see a few of the NCAA tournament games. Must get back to the work mode now.