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Ceramic scultpture, hand burnished, low fired with hair, ceramic carved spinner with color varnishRelated content
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When I win the lottery I will have a room full of these
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Wow. Such a wonderful compliment--thank you!
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I love them, you are brilliant !!! and yw
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Fantastic ! 
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Really neat. I've never heard of hair being used like that (but I also never got past Ceramics 101 
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Thank you : )
The hair usage is not too obscure these days. Jeff started using it many years ago--discovering it by mistake while sweeping up some hair along with the sawdust for burning into the clay.
As Jeff always reminds me, It's not a big deal, it just happens to be a complementing finish for his forms and style.
cheers,
-idan
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Just goes to show that good ideas can come to anyone who's observant.
And you're right--it's not a big deal. Talent trumps complementary finishes any day. Good thing you've got it
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lovley really. love the way the hair raku is done it came out great. it makes me wish i still had a kiln .. or that i could get some clay.
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Thank you so much. Just a small note, this is not raku, it is low-firing with an electric kiln, and then the hair is sprinkled on top, into the kiln, during the cooling stage.
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Hi, beautiful piece!!! I'm interested that you do the horsehair, I assume in the cooling phase of the bisque firing, can I ask at what sort of temp you open up the kiln??? I've heard it's not great for the elements? Do you scorch your eyebrows??
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It does have a unique feel to it, because it's burnished and low fired, as opposed to glazing. Almost feels like slightly wet, very smooth limestone....
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That sounds absolutely gorgeous, and that texture comes across really well in the photo... I could just eat it all up!
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Thank you so much, it was quite a suprise and the response has been wonderful. Love the DA community!
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You are very welcome! People can be very polite here. It's nice.
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Hello there
You are being featured in our club's journal. Take a look here ---> [link]
//*Ninina-nini
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wow that inspires some great thoughts in my head haha. nice work.
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wow that inspires some great thoughts in my head haha. nice work.
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Amazing, beautiful balance between colour and texture. The shapes fit so perfectly together. Wonderful piece.
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*is interested* Ooh, that is a nice effect
But...you used hair? As in pressing it into the clay? I would have thought it'd be too light to leave an impression, not leave such a mark! (How neat)
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So the thing with the hair is, that when the kiln is cooling down, you open it and throw the hair onto the piece - it burns on and leaves the markings (and also a smell that makes you want to check in the mirror to see if your eyebrows are still there 
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Aaah! *takes note to try it sometime*
...So, it was your hair? XD
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Ha! That's a good one....(the reason for this will become evident with the documentation of Jeff's work which I am planning for an upcoming journal)
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DD well deserved. Looks great. I too would take something like this for a shelf at home. One question though, as it's hard to tell with no reference, how big is it?
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Thank you - I believe this one is a 26"X25"X4" or very close
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I love this.
I wish I had it on my mantelpiece at home...*steals*
Congrats on the Daily Deviation. <3<3
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wow, it's beautiful and simple, beautifully simple and simply beautiful.
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That's very kind - thank you
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If I got my own apartment & own money, I'll definitely get one of these & exhibit it in my living room........ OwO
Cool one~!!! X3
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Wow, hair? Like real hair? Like hair? That's awesome. I love how it came out, and it reminds me of something from a videogame that you probably won't know about so I won't mention it. But this is really awesome. Like totally. I don't mean to be redundant.
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yup yup, real hair, thanks to the hair extension industry - I no longer have to seek volunteers for a hair-art trade...
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oh wow. The hair really turned out well, I love how it contrasts with the white/cream color! and the reddish spinny thing is just cool. ^-^ Great job!
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Beautiful work I love the horse hair on the main piece
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thank you, and it's actually human hair that I use, the horse hair is to coarse and heavy for these pieces - so it tends to slip off and leave straight marks.
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oh human hair got it lol I've only seen it done with horse hair
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