Saturday, July 17, 2010

More tiles in the works for the Flying Heart Fundraiser

I'm having a lot of fun finishing my twelve tiles for the Flying Heart Fundraiser to help Mel and Herm pay his medical bills. There will be total of 300 tiles offered in this special series, with varying amounts being finished by different glazers. The tiles were created, cast in earthenware terra cotta, fired to bisque, and donated by Sarah Minkiewicz Breunig.

These are the first three I have finished:

Number 1: done in Duncan Autumn art glaze (dark brown with dark green highlights) and then finished by burnishing with genuine copper leaf.


Number 2: done with Duncan glossy opaque black glaze in the recessed areas and Mayco satin clear glaze in the raised areas. Some of the satin areas were then burnished with genuine copper leaf.


Number 3: glazed mostly with Duncan Diamond high gloss clear glaze with some areas done with Duncan satin opaque winter white.