What Am I Doing?

I already have more resources chosen for posts in here, but I don't want to make the blog purely about posting videos and reviews, etc. I want to actually talk about what is going on in my mind and what I am trying to accomplish.

I have a small project started using plaster. I have made this form that is close to what I want in an incense burner, and I made a plaster mold of it. The first one was kind of hap hazard and thrown together once my plaster bandages didn't work, which made me result to powder plaster. I used a plastic wrap to separate the mold and the clay, but it left the mold textured and impure. I just finished trying for a second time, this time without the plastic wrap. The form should be nice and smooth, but the plastic wrap I plan on incorporating again. A few layers of it on top of itself produces a very nice groove texture which is intriguing to me. I hope to be able to make a few of these in different clays, raku will be first.

I also having been sketching some ideas for vase forms. I have an idea of alluding to slab forms by manipulating wheel thrown vessels. I have a rather elegant vase drawn up, but will it ever see the light of day? Only time knows.