Handbuilt earthenware, raku fired and decorated with hand painted glaze accents.
This mask is a part of a (loosely connected) mask series, all hand-built and fired using a range of different temperatures and techniques.
I think it might have turned out the best of the whole series; exactly what I imagine The Puppet's mask would look like in real life. I'm very very happy with the result!
Handbuilt earthenware, raku fired and decorated with hand painted glaze accents.
This mask is a part of a (loosely connected) mask series, all hand-built and fired using a range of different temperatures and techniques.
This mask was made with @little-sw33tie in mind - hi towoni :3 !!
Gaster mask!! Younger Naku going bonkers over having made this in my head!!
Firing this was a disaster. The glaze didn't get hot enough, so it didn't get glossy. Initially, I added details with horse hair, but I decided to put it back in the kiln so they got burnt off. There was water in it though, so it cracked a bunch, which would be terrible IF it wasn't Gaster!! It turned out so cool!! I'm so happy!!!
I put some in progress pics under the cut! Even a gif of the horse hair being applied - note how matte it is right out of the first firing
[in the voice of a cartoon character hollerin] Raku!! My phone's case still smells like wood smoke.
Still exhausted from yesterday and haven't taken pics of all my pieces yet, but it was a great firing (we did two batches and only a couple pieces broke! and we got such colorful reduction results in the glazes!) and I'm proud of how my pieces came out. Here's a few in situ:
(The turtle came out beautifully in white crackle, but I'm especially fond of the carp-dragon because it survived such long odds. It was almost not dry enough to be bisqued and ready with this batch, and then I was told that in all likelihood the limbs would break off. But here it is, next to the burning trash can it rose from, completely whole!)