Works in Progress

Not Broken Enough to Need Fixing

Damn It All Up 

The Original Sketch

I built it upside down at first so I would have a flat plane to build the mountains off of

Flipped right side up (With help from multiple people)

Planning out where mountains will go

Smoothing out all the unwanted bumps before applying underglaze

So much black underglaze

The first layer of resin after the piece was bisqued and glazed

More resin

And just a little bit more resin for the river

A Long Way Down

The original sketch

I built this one upside down so I would be able to easily clean up the underside

Building up the bottom

Almost filled in

Flipped right side up

Tiny houses to cover the top

Sometimes the only way to carve is laying on the table

Sgraffito on the inside of the chasm

Fresh out of the glaze kiln

Pouring a thin layer of resin inside the chasm with a larger Tupperware acting as a catch tray

I'll Deal With It When I Get There

The original sketch

Placing the tree top on the trunks, it was a balancing act

texture, texture, texture

making a mold for the resin base

Attempting to balance the piece above the mold so that it doesn't touch the bottom

I poured thin layers so that I could "float" objects in the resin

Breaking away the ceramic mold to free the resin

All finished

Latibule (Hide Away)

The original sketch

Fitting the house into the base

Sgraffito trees and vines

Carving pine trees from hollow cones

fitting everything together

I built everything separate so glazing would be easier, it only made assembly more difficult

Gluing the house down

So much epoxy

Shaky Foundations

The original sketch

Adjusting proportions

Carving in details and adding the bulb

Starting to add planks to the base

Building up higher and higher

Adding copper nails with acrylic paint

It stands!

Spring Flood

The original sketch and the piece before applying underglaze

Bright underglaze colors

Clear glaze

Placing the mountains and houses into the mold for resin

Pouring resin over the edge to start forming the waterfall

Breaking off the mold

What A Lovely Facade

Starting to carve in details

Sgraffito windows

Applying a wash of underglaze to the siding

Rusty red roof with red iron oxide

Watching You

Throwing and trimming lighthouses on the wheel

So many lighthouses

Building the base for the lighthouses

Arranging the lighthouses

Applying the green moss glaze

Epoxying it all together

Pouring resin inside

House Mugs

Tiny houses

Due to an abundance of leftover tiny houses from "A Long Way Down"...

...And multiple footless mugs, I Started making house mugs

Some of them are a little off balance before they're fired

Drying out for the bisque firing

Waxing the houses to keep glaze off of them

The first of the house mugs

Bending over Backwards

The original sketch

Building the base of the trunk

Supporting the weight of the bend and carving in details

Closing off the tree top and adding texture

Bright spring colors

Organizing the composition

Copper luster on the moss

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The Island's Still Floating

Finished form ready for carving

Just starting to carve

Pouring resin into the mold

Fresh out of the mold!

Some dust got on the surface before the resin was fully cured which meant I had to sand it out

New resin pourred over top of the sanded surface made it look like it was wet and dripping

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Above & Below

I started out with slabs for the side that rests against the wall

Creating interior supports

Starting to add underglaze to the bottom while finishing the top

Beginnings of the sgraffito design

Almost done and ready to start drying out

Bisqued and glazed