WildFire MudWorks | Dave Sawyer | Traditional and Raku Fired Ceramic Art and Gifts

The Bobwhites

Background and “in progress” photos

 

The Bobwhites

Featured in the WildFire ‘23 exhibition at the Artists Collective|Spartanburg

 
 
 

The Bobwhites … $350

Growing up in Southern California I was very familiar with California and Gambrel’s quails. Now at home in South Carolina we have the Bobwhite quail and look, here’s the whole family.

This work is 14” by 19” and constructed by hand from a red earthenware clay body. It was bisque fired to cone 04 (1945 degrees F), then glazed with three coats of low temperature glazes and traditionally glaze fired to cone 06 (1828 degrees).

Here are some “in progress” photos as I was working on its design through completion.

early working layout with the tape resist for the band of color

After glazing the color band

After the application of a clear glaze and then the removal of the tape resists

In the kiln for glaze firing

After glaze firing