Walls get vertical !

 The tools of the trade

 Forms now have vertical walls. Yes I do angle raising but I also do a some crimp raising to speed things up a little.

I get to play with fire, too.   This has been another update on these six raisings. From this point on they begin to take on more individual character. I'm thinking about lids, lips, spouts and handles.

Now the lips are 4" 5" and 6 1/2"

Next course will bring the walls to vertical. Some planishing is in order soon. Possibilities are presenting themselves. This is the 3 rd course of raising. Forms are getting deeper, too.

6's, 7's, and 8's 2nd course done

Second course finds pieces getting deeper, lips beginning to close. At this point I begin to anticipate the walls getting to vertical.  The lines are ink and will burn away in annealing. The lines serve as guides to raising each round. There are usually two or three rounds between lines. Off to anneal.

6s, 7s, and 8s first course done

The first course of raising is complete, pieces gained depth, lips shrank in diameter slightly. Colors are a product of contact with flame, heat patina or flame painting. The pieces go through a wide variety of changes, with many moments of pretty along the way. I could turn these totally pink in the pickle. My pickle is a little diluted.. 

6's, 7's, and 8's nesting

sinking done, about to be annealed these 6's, &'s, and 8's nest on the bench for a little while.

Late in November

I t was early in November, as I remember when I was invited to have work in the galleries Christmas show. Don't ya know? I was pleased and excited to be included. I was making my mark on the world I concluded. All be it a small mark, I call it my hallmark, but people would come to review it. If I hurried my works were prejuried. with no preinspection, there's no fear of rejection. So with a smile, I said that I'd do it. You can imagine my composure as I read the disclosure, of the rules. Five works, in my case in copper, in their possession tomorrow, no problem thinks me. The gallery charges a forty percent fee! I regain my composure and consider the exposure. I must pick up the unsold  next year, for sure. Oh happy day, and oh by the way, I'll get my check on Valentines Day! I almost said screw it, but I said that I'd do it.and I am a man of my word .So in my frustration, I bookmarked the occasion, They were in  heaven, when I sent them seven. Oh the things that we do. It's been years ago, but again I'll forgo my membership in this years Christmas show. Oh what the heck I might cash the check. It's from a Gallery. ya know!.

new work

 Forms start to come together

A couple of fold formed trays

 Seven Fold

Seven Fold