7th Year Project

two parts glued with strong stable glaze.

3 objects, one mold

layered cup, is stable, because of thick bottom layer of clay. the red one.

stable small plate. bottom reshaped by using air pressure gun while extracting the mold

both vases opened up in the burning process....

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...dried vases before the burning process are very very fragile. the cuts will hopefully allow the thin parts to open up a bit in the burning process.

...move move move. in order to move the dry, and very fragile stuff I used a lot of improvised packaging material. to empty space between them so they don't move. and inside the very thin vase neck, I used packaging material as well, so it doesn't damage from its own weight.

...in order to keep the thin parts together while drying I used a sponge... well, it is still very fragile before the burn... this one broke even without touching or moving it. maybe because of the shrinking....

...I cat these 2 vases in different depth . to see which one gets a better result of opening after the burning process.

...the dry porcelain is very fragile. so I use the mold to hold it while drying and before the first burn. all the finishes have to be done before it drys, then it is most fragile...

...I will try to glue these 2 parts with glaze..

...the colour try with porcelain is out of the oven. it see;ms like the colours are correct as I wanted them. for 100% colour I used100 grams of pigment on 1 litter of porcelain. and for the lighter one 30 grams

...here is new clay I got. it is made form Israeli soil. to celebrate the tradition of shmitta.

...the first castings in a new mold are shiiiiii. only the 3rd or 4th succeeded.

...oh oh. the porcelain with the colour shrink much more then the one without. also the colours seem to be much stronger after the burning process.

...I found a nice way to dry the mold after casting a lot..... I put it in the toaster oven for 2 minutes and then moves it under the air vacuum. the fluids are released from the heat, and then evaporates...