Investigation  |  Materials & Making  |  Artists & Approaches  |  Works
Applied Gerda's commercial clear glaze.  Although the rough unglazed surface is more rocklike, I am hopeful the glossy black will contrast with and highlight the rough surfaces of the barnacles.
All but one of the remaining mussels prised off.
A very disappointing final result.  The mussels failed and some of them also fell off.
Reglazing the mussels with blue stain in Locke's Clear.  Looking at the photo there could be a problem...the clump at top seems to have a solid coat, while the others appear spotty.
Locke's Clear on the mussels.  The result is unsatisfactory; the mussels need to be bluish.
The mussels are disproportionately large and not crowded together enough.  I mixed some white clay with blue stain added into the black clay, but it wasn't enough to notice.  Several of the mussels were not well attached and fell off (in sharp contrast to actual mussels in nature which are very strongly attached).
back >