Not just a gift

CONVERSATION VASE II / Sculptor: Marco Antonio Noguerón

THE LOVE EXPLOSION / Sculptor: Raul Rubio

Known around the world for its exquisite porcelain figurines, Lladró applies these same sculptural techniques to its four fragrance diffusers. Their attention to details makes every single pieces is special. 
Surely these gift are not "just a gift".

Tree House, Part 3

Tree House, Part 3, originally uploaded by ega-ega.

I mixed leftovers Coleman clay with Mason Stain color for the leaves. Since this is my first time using green Mason color, I really should've make a test pieces for the color, both oxidation and reduction. 

I'm so curious too see what the color will look like. 

In the beginning, I rolled the clay and shaped like a leaf then attached it one by one. 

Til I realized I finished only 1 branch in 3 hours. While the other branches were starting to drying out. Oh no....

Then I combined leaves all together then I attached them all together. Much faster when I did it this way. 

Since I can only comes once a week, I wrapped tree with damp cloth and cover it with plastic. 

I can't wait to see...

Tree House, Part 2

Tree House, Part 2, originally uploaded by ega-ega.

One month later, the tree start growing.
I gave more clay support to the inner main tube, extra long beach clay to support the main branches. Click on the link to see what clay I'm actually using.

I start liking it...

Tree House, part 1

Tree House, part 1, originally uploaded by ega-ega.

Start building tree house mid June, 2010. The main tree split half as it was hollow and the clay was too wet (was previously used for throwing) to support the whole branches, too heavy.

Then I decided to wrap with cloth to support....

Rambutan

rambutan, originally uploaded by ega-ega.

Porcelain Sculpture.
Wheel thrown and hand build the "hair" individually.
Hand painted with underglazed red for the mushroom.
And glazed with low fire transparent and aqua mist

Designing ceramic with shellac

Now designing pattern on your ceramic pieces can't be more easier than this. 

Simple 10 steps, even 5 years old can do this:
1. For start, use bone dry, trimmed (bowl).
2. Start decorating with shellac, just imagine that the shellac will "protect" your design. 
3. Best to let it dry for 24 hours. 
4. Once dry, use damp sponge start wiping down the un-shellac area until the surface of the shellac area "lift of". Do it gently.
5. You can put another second design with shellac or..
6. Start with finishing touch using black Slip or underglaze color.
7. Wipe off the excess slip/ underglaze.
8. Bisque. 
9. Brush before glazing to remove some residue from shellac. 
10. Glaze. 


piece a cake! (until the glaze ruining everything..hahaha)