Progress Report: Posliinia - Porcelain

Note to self: Porcelain-paper clay, not suitable for throwing...
Posliinipaperisavi ei sovellu dreijaamiseen...

Aloitin syksyn kurssien joukossa posliinimaalauksen ja sitä varten piti sitten keramiikkakurssilla koettaa vääntää posliinisia aihioita. Varsinaista posliinisavea luokasta ei löytynyt hetsillään, joten piti varoituksista huolimatta kokeilla pystyykö posliinipaperisavea dreijaamaan. No, eihän sitä oikein pystynyt. Jotain väkeröä sai armottoman väännön seurauksena aikaiseksi, mutta dreijaaminen oli varsin työlästä ja trimmaaminen sitäkin kamalampaa. Näihin voi varmaan ihan hyvin harjoitella sitä posliinimaalaamista, kun täysi noviisi kuitenkin siinä hommassa olen. ;)

Keramiikan opettaja oli niin mukava, että tilasi minulle sittemmin tähän käyttöön sopivampaa posliini(kivitavarasekoite)savea, jota oli ilo dreijata ja josta pitäisi myös niinikään tulla poltossa täysin valkoista. Se oli myös puolet halvempaa kuin posliinisavi, joten sopi passelisti kukkarolleni. Laitan niistä tuotoksista kuvia myös kunhan valmistuvat.

I thought I'd give painting porcelain a try this year so I decided to make some miniature stuff for that in my ceramics class. These were thrown from porcelain-paper clay (not sure what the actual term for it is, but it's porcelain clay with paper fibres mixed into it so it's easier to sculpt), which was definitely not a joy to throw because of its consistency. It was also kinda horrendous to trim since crumbs broke loose even when I tried to be careful. Basically it was pretty much a disaster all around.
Fortunately my ceramics teacher ordered another type of clay for me to use and it was much nicer to throw on the wheel. It's a mixture of porcelain and regular stone goods clay, but it should end up white once it's fired. So basically it should look the same as regular porcelain, but it was only half the price)! I'll post pictures of that sometime later.

Mikrorakua 2 - Raku in a microwave oven 2

Mikrorakun lisäpolttokerran satoa saapi kahtella painamalla linkkiä kuvan alapuolella. :)
More under the cut.

Pottery Time!

Yep, so here they are. They turned out better than I expected. I know that the people who are participating in the Christmas Calendar Swap thing are probably wondering if I'll be putting any of these in... The answer is: Nope!

...OK, I lied. Maybe. Some of these may be going out to new homes this November. But I'm not telling which ones. And the majority of the items will be something else. :D

Progress Report - Pottery Time Again! \o/

This time I made some mugs and jars.
Hiaman mukei ja purnukoi täl kertaa.

Progress Report - Pottery Time!

Ceramics classes have started again. The first batch (5 hrs worth) looks kinda crappy, but oh well... gotta start somewhere. :D

I threw the small stuff off the hump and the bigger thing at the back is the leftover clay at the end of class. It's usually most moist and difficult (with my lacking skills) to work with, so it's a bit lopsided. :'D The other bigger round thing is a giant lingonberry I did during the very first class some weeks back, just to get reacquainted with clay.