Ashley Bryan

The Villager: Auburn, AL

This is the link to the gallery in Auburn, AL:

http://www.shopvillager.com/through-looking-glass-c-78.html?list=products

 Today I am trying to decide whether pieces are dry enough to fire!  I am running out of room in my studio!   I have been experimenting with making glazes and it makes me wish I had listened in chemistry class a thousand years ago AND also that I understood it!!  I am looking for a copper-like green recipe for a cone six glaze - oxidation.  If anyone has one please share!   I hope to have some new pictures soon if I can get stuff moving through the process! 

October 3, 2009

I will be blogging as often as possible to show my new sculptural pieces and welcome any questions!  Each day I try to get into my studio and work for at least a couple of hours.  To say it is work, is not really a good description because for me, it is more like meditation.  I usually turn on my iPod, wipe down my tables, take out clay and then begin.  Sometimes there is intention of what I am making and sometimes not.  Both are rewarding.  This is the only thing that I have ever been able to do to lose completely a sense of time passing.  I think everyone needs something like this, but it is different for each person.

Today I worked on birds and nests for a special order.  I like making the birds because if you thin out the clay at the ends, it really creates a sense of movement.  

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