{"id":3449,"date":"2014-08-31T18:48:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T18:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frogsongdesigns.com\/studio\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2018-02-12T00:10:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T00:10:40","slug":"work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frogsongdesigns.com\/studio\/work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Work in Progress…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So how are those pieces made?<\/p>\n

I get that question rather a lot, and find that pictures are worth more than words in trying to explain.\u00a0 So…here’s a quick recap of the steps that went into creating three recent pieces.<\/p>\n

Carving<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once each piece had dried to a leather-hard consistency, I painted colored underglazes onto the raw clay.\u00a0 I may use only one color, or layer a few together to get the shades I want.\u00a0 It can be tricky judging color at this stage because the wet clay and wet underglazes are NOT going to look the same once fired.
\nNevertheless, with my best effort at the underglazes in place, I started carving to expose my design.<\/p>\n