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A little splash of color
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:36 pm
by Ron Coleman
Just playing around with a color combination that has a real rich flavor to it, at least to me it does. About 5 x 17 inches.
Spectrum black, red and almond.
Ron
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:54 pm
by Kim Bellis
Oh Ron I love that combination! So beautiful!!
Kim
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 10:08 pm
by Pam Kissel
I love it!!!!!
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 10:50 pm
by Suzan
Very striking and fresh! Reminds me of Art Deco.
Cheers,
Suzan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 1:36 am
by Paul Tarlow
Gorgeous Ron.
And, as usual for you, the "fit and finish" looks impeccable.
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:48 am
by PDXBarbara
Niiiiiice, Ron...
BB
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 1:10 pm
by Kathie Karancz
Gorgeous!!!
What type of tool are you using to cold-work your pieces??? I need to buy something soon.
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:24 pm
by Michael McNerney
Hey Ron,
Is this the piece that you and I were discussing on the phone tuesday evening? It is wonderful, GREAT WORK
Michael
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:53 pm
by Ron Coleman
Michael McNerney wrote:Hey Ron,
Is this the piece that you and I were discussing on the phone tuesday evening? It is wonderful, GREAT WORK
Michael
Thanks Michael, that's the one.
Roon
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:56 pm
by Ron Coleman
Kathie Karancz wrote:Gorgeous!!!
What type of tool are you using to cold-work your pieces??? I need to buy something soon.
Thanks Kathie.
On this piece I only used a flat lap grinder to grind a small flat on the bottom so it doesn't rock.
Ron
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:19 pm
by Kathie Karancz
Huh..... as I don't have a proper cold working tool (wet belt sander), I have had problems with my sides caveing in a little - giving it that fluted kind of look. How did you prevent that if you didn't use a WBS??
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:59 pm
by Ron Coleman
Kathie Karancz wrote:Huh..... as I don't have a proper cold working tool (wet belt sander), I have had problems with my sides caveing in a little - giving it that fluted kind of look. How did you prevent that if you didn't use a WBS??
The edges on this piece aren't perfect, they do have a slight scolloped look where the colors change around the edge.
I have fired this color combination before and I found the red tends to pull back from the edge more than the black and the almond. I compensated by cutting the red a little longer than the adjacent pieces.
You're right about a WBS being able to correct the problem. After a sand blaster the WBS should be next on your list of necessary coldworking tools.
Ron
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 11:59 pm
by Dani
Impeccable. Nice design. You give new meaning to the expression "less is more".
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:44 am
by Melissa Terman
Sleek!
Beautiful finish.
Mel
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:21 am
by daffodildeb
Congratulations!
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:18 am
by twinkler2
Great work- simple and elegant
VERY nice
Me Kim
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:41 pm
by Judy Schnabel
Ron,
I love the colors
Is the mold a commercial mold or did you make it?
Love the shape also.
Judy
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:27 pm
by Ron Coleman
Judy Schnabel wrote:Ron,
I love the colors
Is the mold a commercial mold or did you make it?
Love the shape also.
Judy
Thanks Judy
The mold for this is one of my creations. I carved a sheet of Sytrofoam to the shape I wanted and draped a slab of raku clay over it, bisque fired to about 1600.
Ron
colors
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:36 pm
by slats
sooooooooooo sleeeeeeekkkkk, chiccccccccccc and slender......(I guess this diet i getting to me
MAGNIFICO!!!!!!.....You are one talented BUCKEYE......
How much difference did you allow the the red?
Ron I love ALL your work and always appreciate you kind help! I have not yet purchased any coldworking tools and would gr8ly appreciate you help on what to buy and which brand names? Your advice is valuable to me
Re: colors
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:23 pm
by Ron Coleman
doctac wrote:sooooooooooo sleeeeeeekkkkk, chiccccccccccc and slender......(I guess this diet i getting to me
MAGNIFICO!!!!!!.....You are one talented BUCKEYE......
How much difference did you allow the the red?
Ron I love ALL your work and always appreciate you kind help! I have not yet purchased any coldworking tools and would gr8ly appreciate you help on what to buy and which brand names? Your advice is valuable to me
Thanks Doc, think I should make the next bowl Scarlet and Gray?
On this piece I let the red overhang about 1/16 inch. In some samples I fired the red seemed to always pull short of the adjacent colors so I gave it a little extra in hopes it would come out equal. Seems to have worked, to a point, the edges aren't perfectly straight but they work.
As for coldworking, just stay tuned for a while. I'm working on a write-up about my experiences. I hope to have it finished shortly. This will be more of general look into coldworking for the fuser and what type of equipment will give you a particular edge style.
Ron