#sculpures

[fhuzee]

Calder

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

Le CyKlop !

[ballerina67]

The Sleeping Spinner, 1845, Julius Troschel

Given by Albert to Victoria on her 30th birthday, this sculpture shows a young girl who has fallen asleep while spinning – she dropped her spindle and ball of wool, which can be seen on the floor around her.

[vaiyamagic]

So, I went looking for pictures of this from other angles, and didn't find any, BUT! There's apparently more than one!

An ivory okimono of a dentist and a dragon By Ogawa Soryu, Meiji period (late 19th century), is what the caption said.

This one just said "Important carved okimono depicting a dragon. Signed in two places. Japan. Meiji period. Dim.: 9.5 x 44 cm" Translated from French using google translate.

An Ivory Okimono Of a Dragon Having His Teeth Examined. Meiji Period, Signed Nimin/Futsumin.

[ancientcharm]

Statue of Jupiter, late 1st century AD. From the villa of Emperor Domitian (Flavian dynasty). Hermitage Museum.

[chipper-smol]

spiky girl

[plushlikecreaturesgallery]

A succulent collection for nearly spring ����

[x-heesy]

@pulsantilla

U gave me Butterflies 🦋

[claypigeonpottery]

Any advice on applying glaze?

I just got a bunch of my stuff back from bisque firing and I'm really nervous about the glazing. I have that kind of liquid glaze you can get in jars, I'll probably mostly do transparent glazes but also the colorful ones. I'm really scared of messing up my pieces.

I have a few pointers!

keep in mind, though lots of things can go wrong in the glaze firing, the bisque firing is where things explode! I personally find the glaze kiln slightly less terrifying (but there’s more anticipation)

since your glaze is going to be painted on and not dipped, be sure to follow the directions on the jar. it should tell you how many coats to apply (usually 3, but I think up to six if you’re layering different glazes). wait for them to dry before applying the next coat

it usually only happens on dipped pieces in my experience but sometimes when you dip a piece there’s little pinholes in the wet glaze. don’t touch it until it’s fully dry, but once it is, you can just gently rub your fingertips over the pinholes and they should smooth out

if any of your glazes are super thick, you can add a little water, and if they dry up completely, you can do the same thing to reconstitute them. just violently shake the jar between waiting for the underglaze to absorb the water lol

leave the bottom of your pieces unglazed, as well as an 1/8” up from the foot so it won’t drip or stick to the kiln shelf. I was taught not to apply glaze really thick on the lowest third of your piece, to help prevent drips

and this is the time to learn a good and also difficult pottery lesson:

don’t get attached

things are going to go wrong and some pieces will be disappointing or unusable. (conversely, some pieces you felt ‘meh’ about might end up being your favourites!)

but you can’t get too attached or it’s gonna hurt to open the kiln. it’s always exciting/scary to fire pottery, but if you put your heart in the kiln with your pieces… 🥲 just don’t do it. people tend to figure it out after a couple firings and most potters I’ve met agree that an unfired piece isn’t something to put your hopes in

good luck! may the kiln gods be kind 🤞🏼

EDIT: ALWAYS SHAKE OR STIR THE GLAZE BEFORE USING!!!!

[wisdumbness]

Compliment/name my pet fish?

Made him in my art class

[verbrannt74]

👁🤍

[snowdin-stims]

🌈 | source

[dashalbrundezimmer]

severinstraße // köln südstadt

ikarus

artist: kurt-wolf von borries

1957

ikarus rises above the site of the collapse of the former city archives of cologne. the sculpture at this location can certainly be seen philosophically.

ikarus erhebt sich über die einsturzstelle des ehemaligen stadtarchives von köln. man kann die plastik an dieser prominenten stelle durchaus philosophisch sehen.

[x-heesy]

@bixlasagna

𝙶𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚗𝚊𝚖'𝚜 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 🇻🇳

𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚋𝚢 TA Landscape Architecture.

ThanX @artefavoriteado for ℹ️

Fables & Fairytales - (Deniz Kurtel remix) by Na, Rosina, Deniz Kurtel

Credits above

[ancientcharm]

Note the identical details on both statues

Statue of Jupiter, 1st century AD. From the villa of Emperor Domitian (Flavian dynasty). Hermitage Museum.

Replica of the statue roman emperor Constantine in the garden of Villa Caffarelli, part of the Capitoline Museums

Interesting