Okay poll time, but first the context
I made a really neat (imo anyway) trinket dish that looks like a bird wing, since a folded wing is a really nice cup-shape for a trinket dish, and I already want to make more, but when I went to glaze it I ran into a bit of a dilemma: the undersides of most bird wings are really boring.
Since I had started making this particular one while looking at a European roller, I went with that with underglaze, and we'll see how it went later this week.
Anyway, the easy solution to all birds except rollers having bland feathers under their wings is to just refer to what the top of the wings looks like. But my brain sees the shape of the thing and stubbornly insists that you cannot put the convex coloring on a concave shape, it'd look like you turned the poor bird's wing inside out
So I'm at a stalemate, which brings us to poll
Best color strategy
If it's shaped like the underside it needs to be colored like the underside
Go for the coloration that's most interesting/recognizable
Fuck realism and make it all up
Fuck realism and use dip glazes
Okay, it's actually kind of reassuring to know that it wasn't just my brain being weird about it.
I'm going to try making one with the feathers sculpted like the topside, and I want to make another to play with dip glaze combos :3c
The wing that inspired this poll finally came out of the kiln
Needed a skosh more white and green on the coverts but overall pretty pleased for doing something with very little plan. Haven't had the chance to sculpt another yet, but I have some ideas
