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MugPhlute Heresy


2010
10.06

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It has been almost a month since I constructed a playable ceramic instrument but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been thinking (and sketching) about it.  For over a year, every instrument that I constructed was purely pinch-pot-handmade…and now I am discovering new possibilities with pieces and parts that are wheel thrown.  Case in point: Trumpet Mugsthe two mugs pictured include horn-like appendages but they do not  play, but the whimsy of MugPhlutes is still there, lurking just beneath the surface.  These are more like steins than mugs, but they open the door for a musical instrument genre of semi-utilitarian sculptural pieces.  These two were designed to rest either vertically (for function) but to appear more sculptural when setting horizontally.

To avoid breaking a record for consecutive months of instrument building, there shall be an ocarina forthcoming soon, even if it is very small…we can’t commit MugPhlute heresy, now can we?

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Making Progress – Ready to Fire


2010
09.27

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Mugs DryingThe first batch of wheel-thrown wares that resemble something usable are nearly dry enough for a bisque firing.  The bare mug forms from a previous post, now have some surface treatment and the stamp that I use on most of the MugPhlutes.  I’m thinking that a dark blue glaze on the interior that caries over to cover the lip area with be the principal color. Red iron oxide will be washed into the textured areas and shadowed lightly below…after that, a simple clear glaze will cover the handle and all of the outside (except for the lip).  Three of the mugs will be used to test other glazes.  The six that are close enough to call a set will be glazed consistently.

The ware boards on my shelves seem to be filling up with new work.  I hope that is a sign that my technique is improving. The next assignment for class is 20 bowls. That shouldn’t be a huge deal, but I have other projects that keep pulling me back to some interesting sketchbook work…I guess that’s progress.