SToneware, high fire, cone 10. I was told cone ten was too hot and it would not work, but given I had nothing else to use, I have learned over the years how to do it without cracking. It is all in the timing. I use black slip on the eyes and nose and then I glaze it with St. Johns black which gives a glossy wet look. I have since moved one eye down a bit, and really worked on the detail on the face. I have the collar on. I have to finish this by tomorrow because I want to take it in Sunday so we can start the slow bisque. Hopefully we can raise the temp very slowly over a few days. Then I will glaze the detail on teh collar, using cornells iron saturate on the collar for a good leather look. Libby's shino with a light brushing of cornell's will give the studs on the collar and the tag a gold shine. The raw clay will be left without glaze because glaze just fills in the detail too much for my liking. If we get good reduction it should be the color of the other dogs, a tan sandy shade. So cross your fingers for me and wish her luck!
The whole totem pole, 4 pieces of mine = a ton of work, one piece from Kelly Walsh, some balls that were thrown on the wheel from Melynda, the bones were created by Susan Speck and the pole was made by Tod Shultz is for the Art Unleashed Auction for Greater Kansas City Humane Society. Last year the auction took in 90 something thousand dollars. Between this fund raiser, private donations and the telethon they have been able to reduce the kill rate of the major kill shelters from 54 percent to 3 percent. They have been going in and taking out any dogs that is adoptable and transferring them to no kill shelters and rescue. This is my one big cause. I have been a part of this for I believe going on 7 years now. I have been trying to get this thing together for two years now. This time has to work. Especially since I took them that Akita I found on the road that was hit. I feel responsible for trying to bring in at least enough funds to cover her being patched together. The Gabriel fund paid to relocate her hip and set her leg as well as all the after care and pt. I believe she has now been adopted out.
