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Description
Detail shot . There is a lot going on here that this photo is not capturing.

The idea behind this piece was to combine several structures, textures, and colors which are shared among non-related specimens in the natural world. The following was an inspiration in creating this form.

Coral
Honeysuckle Leaf
Eye Iris
Human Thigh Cross-section
Sand Dollar
Petunia Blossom

There are around 15 different batches of clay here, each with different colorants. I also used a low fire clay body (talc body) and a cone 6 clay body, firing it to cone 6. The low fire clay fluxed out enough for this piece to slump, making it now flat, and causing it to crack apart; a happy accident I was welcoming.

This piece looks very different from what I was expecting. It was supposed to be various shades of green with other colors sprinkled throughout. I am, however, happy with the result of this piece. Looking like a fossil I think has further confused our familiarity with the inspirations.

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Technical Information
~ 18" x 24"
~ ^6 Oxidation
~ ^6 stoneware and ^04 talc body
~ Array of oxides used for colorants in the clay bodies
~ Millefiori was used to make this piece. 20 pie shaped sections were cut from a single cane, then stretched and combined to make this form.
~ Dough was rolled into the millefiori cane in order to leave hairline cracks throughout the piece.

Description
Detail shot . There is a lot going on here that this photo is not capturing.

The idea behind this piece was to combine several structures, textures, and colors which are shared among non-related specimens in the natural world. The following was an inspiration in creating this form.

Coral
Honeysuckle Leaf
Eye Iris
Human Thigh Cross-section
Sand Dollar
Petunia Blossom

There are around 15 different batches of clay here, each with different colorants. I also used a low fire clay body (talc body) and a cone 6 clay body, firing it to cone 6. The low fire clay fluxed out enough for this piece to slump, making it now flat, and causing it to crack apart; a happy accident I was welcoming.

This piece looks very different from what I was expecting. It was supposed to be various shades of green with other colors sprinkled throughout. I am, however, happy with the result of this piece. Looking like a fossil I think has further confused our familiarity with the inspirations.

_________________

Technical Information
~ 18" x 24"
~ ^6 Oxidation
~ ^6 stoneware and ^04 talc body
~ Array of oxides used for colorants in the clay bodies
~ Millefiori was used to make this piece. 20 pie shaped sections were cut from a single cane, then stretched and combined to make this form.
~ Dough was rolled into the millefiori cane in order to leave hairline cracks throughout the piece.