...Like a Bowl of Jello

So, let's begin this post with some random chatter. This week has been a pain in the butt! I wanted to come in and glaze so much, but my large drawing project (about 3 feet tall and 5 feet wide) was demanding attention and my hip kinda gave up working (in short, I was born with hip dysplasia, it acts up at times...and when there are huge storms). So Wednesday was pretty much the day i spent on my bed, with muscle relaxer medication, feeling like a blob of jello. I bet you can guess where this is going eh? yeah, i wasn't able to get much glazing done this week...i feel bad. HOWEVER, I am not in short supply of new pictures to show you!

Last week I mentioned I did a glaze test with the crawling glaze where i turned it purple. well....the glaze ended up more of a deep...periwinkle colour, but it's super neat! I did add a bit of Rutile to the test to see if i could get anything interesting....it muted the colour a bit on the white tile and made the red tile super shiny and blended the crackly bits in, which looks pretty epic~   

Purple Crawling Test
two tiles to the left have no added Rutile

   

I love how the red tile turned out in both tests, and the white tile with no rutile is a great colour, but it might look even better with a dark glaze or even a good contrasting glaze colour underneath! or maybe a slip...something there so when the crackle cracks you get a peek of something underneath. oh, and that turquoise glaze is is in the kiln, and may i add Epsom salts made me rather excited. Not sure why. I rather enjoyed mixing the teenie tiny cup of water with the salts.

Should I be having this much fun when mixing glazes?

...is it unhealthy? oh well...

READING WEEK~! I'm doing my Triaxial! STAY TUNED!

Cheers~!