Almost there...
Second view of the nearly completed ceramic elements
Last night I finished almost all of the ceramic elements for my first sculpture. I would have been closer to finishing if one of the forms hadn’t cracked and broken from the pressure of the steel inside pushing against it.
I’m about a week behind my own self imposed schedule, but I put my first firing in the test kilns today – little test tiles of different glazes. I also learned how to use the kiln sitter today – knowledge I had conceptually but never actually put into practice. It was really easy and just like I imagined it to be.
I hope to finish all my internal steel structures this week and get a good chunk of the ceramic parts done and maybe – if I’m lucky – start silkscreening the fabric elements. So much to do! I feel like I’m running out of time – I have just under 40 days left here. But as long as I stay on track, I should get everything done by the time I have to leave. Here’s hoping!