Progress

My first twelve or so pieces are out of the bisque kiln. Here they are.

Look how good the honu stamp looks on the bottom.

All went pretty near flawlessly; nobody broke, nobody exploded. One or two of the littlest eggs have micro-cracks on the bottom, which comes from allowing water to sit in them after they are made, a mistake I have now corrected. The cracks don't seem dangerous, though, and since they won't be fired to a very high temperature I don't think I need to worry. The main weird thing is that they have changed color:

On the left is the only piece I didn't burnish. All the others look like the one on the right. I must assume it has something to do with the back of the spoon I used for the burnishing. But I think I will just call it serendipity and leave it as it is. Today I made three pieces and yesterday one, which brings my total to seventeen - I'm more than halfway done with this stage. Eeep.

In other news, I have been reading other people's blogs, and their entries are short. I am therefore making this a short entry to see how it feels. It feels fine so far. 

In other other news, I have recently spent a large chunk of my personal fortune on a Sony DSLR, because I woke up with a voice in my ear telling me to do so. (This is actually relevant because it means you should expect a significant increase in the quality of the photography on this blog.)

Next time I shall show you my artist's inspiration.