Dylan Purvis
3-9-11

Overall Objective:

The significant object to me I was trying to signify was the signature of one of my favorite musicians, Jonny Craig. His voice sounds very natural and it is generally the music I go to when I want to calm down and just be mellow.

I did not use the test tiles I made for the piece originally to base any of my glazings. Instead, I used some glaze combinations that I got from other classmates.

For the top of the microphone bulb, I used white slip-trailing to create the netting effect like a microphone has. For the glaze I used a combination of 1 thick layer of Copper Green stain, 2 layers of Chartreuse Stain, and 2 layers of clear glaze. It created a metallic, shiny silver effect, like the metal of a microphone.

For the neck of the microphone, I used 3 layers of black slip before the bisque firing, and after, I used 3 layers of Katrina's Excellent Black. It didn't show very much because of the dripping of the glaze from the microphone bulb.

For the trunk/base area I used 3 coats of Nutmeg glaze, which in some spots got covered with the glaze from the bulb.

Overall Results:
I intended for the silver to be runny, but not as runny as it ended up being. It was painted on just the bulb, and was only supposed to run down the neck, not the whole piece, but all in all I think my piece was successful, and ended up, for the most part, like I wanted it to be.
The silvery glaze combo dripped down my piece and ruined my drawer-hole, but besides that there were no real mess ups.