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Saturday, November 9, 2024

GEORGE'S CLAY SCULPTURE, 2010-2016, 11/9/2024

   These sculptures of animals in clay were done from 2010 to 2016.  In 2014 I started to paint and around 2016 I switched from clay to painting in acrylic and collage. The main reason I switched, was that you had to fire clay twice in a kiln and I couldn't really have a kiln in my house.  So, I switched over to painting in acrylic and collage.  Much easier to do in a house. 
   How I switched from clay to painting is interesting.  Sharon originally suggested I could avoid the second firing of the clay after glazing by painting the pottery with acrylic paint.  The reason I never did this was I would still have to fire the pottery once and you couldn't use the acrylic paint on anything you might eat or drink from.  In the end I switched over to acrylic painting.










 

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