@vuvuceramics: Boredom is one of the most underrated gifts we can give ourselves! Boredom is an invitation to the imagination. I find I do my best thinking in the passenger seat of a long road trip, dreaming as I gaze out the window. Recently on a plane trip, I forgot to bring a book and there was no screen in the seat back. So I just sat and did nothing - at first I was bored, but before I knew it I had dreamed up an ocean series that I wanted to create in clay. Seahorses, sea stars, jellyfish, sea turtles. It’s funny how the mind can explode with ideas when you give it a moment of quiet. Boredom seems to spark invention, creativity, and imagination. Think of young kids that say “I’m bored” and then before you know it they’ve built a clubhouse or created a fairytale world. When our mind is given a stretch of nothing, it starts working in new and creative ways. Here I sculpted a little sea star by hand out of ceramic clay. I textured the sea star and added little dots using slip (liquid clay that I make in a blender). I love when the stains and underglaze and glazes can move any vary along textures in the clay.  Ceramic clay needs to be fired in a kiln at high temperatures, and each of my pieces has three kiln firings. The first is to harden the clay before colors and glazes are added- it’s the bisque firing. The second kiln firing is to melt the glaze and vitrify the clay- that’s the glaze firing. Usually the glaze firing is the final firing, but I have one more. The third firing is for the added gold accents. Those accents are real 22 kt gold and require an additional firing to melt and bond the gold #oceanart #seastar #sculpture #ceramics

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