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Published: 2005-05-10 01:24:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 105; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 4
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So this is it. The final look of the Castor Bean imprint. I did a few of these in large scale and experimented with some other (smaller) leaves (will post pictures soon). I decided to leave this one with a simple glaze after all because I just loved its natural beauty. ..
p.s.- If you're interested in the Castor bean process see my scraps
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this is a really nice piece. do you have any problems now with sharp edges or anything like that due to how thin it is?
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Sure the edges are sharp but the main issue is that they are fragile. The tips tend to break easily specialy in moving them into the kiln (for the first firing) and in consecutive moves..say from the ceramics studio to my house.. roads r bumpy and other sterdier pieces may bump into it. Actualy the most tragic loss was recetly when i sware time slowed-down and i saw the cat jump to the table and knock over a large picture frame which in turn fell onto the leaf and shatered a section of it..! darn cat. oohh sorry for ranting but I had to let it out 
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so even after the glaze firing the peices are still that fragile?
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ok so i made the tips realy thin. I wanted to go for the "natural" look or as close as i could get to it. They can be left thick and as long as the "roughness" of the cutting is rounded out it should look fine without it needing to be sooo fragile. But, like i said i was experimenting...so yeah i might have asked for it.
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