So I finished my lantern project. The lantern turned out pretty well! I worked so hard on it. The glaze did not completely come out like I wanted it, but it does look cool in a weird yet awesome way. For the glaze I brushed on Iron Red and then dunked the piece in Clear. I made a mistake of letting the brush stroke the piece. That is why the brush strokes are visible in the piece.
Now I am working on making pitchers and creamers. I like making creamers better so I am heading in that direction. One of the pictures is a creamer for milk. The second one I am planning on cutting the top part and making it into a gravy bowl. I decided that because the piece is too small for a pitcher and the shape would suit better for a gravy bowl. I plan on making more creamers and maybe a pitcher after spring break.
The reason I started on the pitcher project so late was that carving my lantern was so tedious and took a great amount of time. After carving, I waited for it to come out of the kiln so that I could glaze it. And the snow days did not help either!
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