One way of firing decorative tires (after they have been bisque fired, of course) is to wrap them in a combustible material (here, Gazzetta dello Sport) and placing them in an open fire. The result is a variegated, beautiful finish. These tiles are to be used for decorative purposes only and will be mounted in frames.
We took advantage of the beautiful fire and threw a couple of steaks on the grill after the firings were finished. I will post next about the finished, mounted tiles, including a few glazed ones from the last kiln firing.
5 comments:
Love the glaze finish on these! I also found the saying on your previous post really great... "Die Dinge kommen ganz anders als du denkst"... wie wahr!
You had me at steak...
Gorgeous. You exhaust me! When do you have time to do this? I feel like such a lazy ass when I read that you are not only taking care of your guests, renovating, mothering Max, wife to Micha, friend to all BUT exercising your creativity in complex ways.
I need a nap! But you are an inspiration.
Do you get different effects from different kinds of "combustibles"?
Interesting! I just found your blog an really like it. I'm looking forward to seeing how the finished product looks and how you put these fired tiles to work :-)
Amy, you can get different shades from using specific wood chips, and also can vary it up by rubbing some colorants, like copper oxide or carbonate into the crevices.
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