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Published: 2007-03-25 01:07:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 1898; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 2
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Ceramic sculpture, hand burnished, low fired clay, human hair used to form crack-like look. Carved center. 24"X20"X5"Related content
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amazing. How did you use the hair for the cracks look?
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This is really cool! I click on 'Random Deviation' and it took me to this. C: I've always wanted to do a firing with hair. I've heard horse hair works nicely.
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This is fantastic. The intricate design doesn't overpower the piece, as it would have if they were switched. The effect with the hair is pretty badass too
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I love this. It looks as if it just opened up at the top and the left tip is curling downward and the right one is stretching upwards.
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I love the fine details juxtaposed with your lovely smooth crackly surfaces-beautiful work!
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This piece is featured in my news article [link] in celebration of Artisan Crafts Month
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Wow, beautiful article! Thank you so much for including Jeff's work. With your permission, I would like to take the time and read your article in a thorough manner before commenting on it.
Again--many thanks,
-idan
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denied!
lol
Flirt with.. um...erm.. I mean ... comment on some of the features instead. They deserve more attention than my Wikipedia cut and paste job. OR... you could comment on one of mine...
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I thought you couldn't stand my flirtinessness
hmmm *scratches head, leaves burn marks*
-idan
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Now is that nice?
-idan
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fine...I'll quit then.
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Karen, I believe you are the first to have said this, and you know, you are right on. Watching Jeff work is both hypnotizing and meditative. I will try to have a few photos of him at work up soon.
Thank you
-idan
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Thank would be so wonderful Idan, I have purchased a piece of stone almost white in color( do not know the english word for it) it's very soft and can be shapped with a file and sandpaper, then with the softest of sandpaper it can become as shinny as Jeff's art..... I only do not know what to make from it yet... I have wanted to do this for years, now.. Im going to try .. I wonder, if I took a shot of the stone , submitted it, could you or Jeff tell me what stone it is?
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Interesting...it's very possible that with very fine paper perhaps water paper, you can get that shine, my neighbor used to work with wood and get it to a very high natural shine using very very fine sandpaper. The way Jeff gets the shine from the clay is by rubbing it with a crystal stone in repeated motions, this is called "burnishing". This action packs the clay and will keep the shiny finish, as long as the piece is fired low.
Unfortunately neither Jeff nor I know much about stones, so we can't help much there...
-idan
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I've never actually worked with ceramics in great detail, but I was -really- really curious how you get the hair in there? I know it sounds like a silly question, but I think it's a rather interesting way to get the cracked look. o.o
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Right, as Lisa mentioned, the hair burns onto the clay. It's really a timing thing, to open the kiln at a point where it is hot enought to burn the hair onto the clay, but not cause damage to the pieces from sudden drop in temperature. Different clays will probably behave differently.
Give it a try...
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This technique is done by burning the hair on the clay. The hair burns and leaves carbon lines.
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