Monkeys!!!

I know you have been excited as I have about the progress of my clay monkeys.

They were fired and came out with all their arms attached! Yay!



Next I put on a couple of coats of glaze. I decided to do the faces midnight blue, and then each of their bodies a different color:


From L to R: Hot Orange, Brick Red, Honey Flame

I was most excited about how the blue faces would turn out, and what the the hot orange would look like. With the way people described the hot orange, I was worried it would be fluorescent. They were put in the kiln to fire the glaze and I waited anxiously to see the result.


L to R: Honey Flame, Brick Red, Hot Orange

Viola!!

Aren't they just so hideous that you have to love them? I think that the Honey Flame and Hot Orange turned out the best. I think the brick read just looks like I put a clear glaze on the clay. No matter, I love them. I hollowed them out the best I could so they would not add too much weight to my luggage.

My next project was making some pie weights, they come out of the kiln on Thursday, glazed and everything! We'll see how they turn out!