The cola bottle disk that I was going to pull out of the kiln 2 days ago(as a bowl) shattered on the ramp up. I decided to omit the extra step of fusing the bottles into a disk before hand and took a chance on arranging the individual bottles in a circular pattern inside the woks, praying that they would slump and fuse into place. I tried this a few months back and had a lumpy mess. This time my efforts were rewarded with success. The resulting bowls are almost to my liking. The center bottle needs to be a little smoother. To remedy this I am adding an extra 5 minutes to the soak(at 1460F). The bowls are wobbly, but I'll add some clear rubber feet to them as needed. Due to the extreme variations in thickness these bowls can ONLY be washed in cool water.
posted by Skin Mechanic at
11:11 AM
2 Comments:
The bowl looks more like a flower to me. I wonder how it would look in a garden?
Mr. Fermier, I got that flower impression when I made them. Unfortunately I didn't sale any of the bowls, not that I didn't want to. The varitions in thickness were a fatal flaw, such that I broke 4 of the bowls within days of taking that pic. I decided to scrap the entire lot, and admit defeat.
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