The third sawdust firing went well. The mix of sawdust and shavings burnt out within 24 hours. I had sandblasted some of the glazed ceramics producing a surface somewhere between glaze and bisque – they responded to the smoke firing with good contrast where it had been covered with clay pads.
April is here! So a new perspective on planning as two key components of the show need to be executed this month.
– the carborundum prints x 2 and the photography.
The prints – this week I did some colour tests using extended etching ink. The idea is to build up layers of thin colour to suggest the atmosphere around the planet. These definitely do not need to be too fussy as they will be exhibited above the light box with the cubes.
The photography – this will include pieces of clay that were fired in the sawdust kiln without being previously bisque fired. Very fragile but will be useful for the field photos. I have also booked a studio session at college to photograph the best of the vessels and cylinders.
Finally…would MOSE exhibit 1000 year old artefacts without some protection…? So, in the spirit of Lascaux 2 a statement will be included in the text panel in very small print. MOSE retains the right to substitute replicas for irreplaceable artefacts. In 3800 surely MOSE technology will have advanced so far that replicas would be exactly the same as the originals…
