Slab Stiletto

For our slab shoes, I am really interested in making a Stiletto, or just a high heel shoe. I am contemplating the difficulty of it, and the more I think about it, the less challenging it will be. I will have to bring in one of my own high heels, so it's easier to model. I think these shoes are very pretty and feminine and not often modeled by clay. I think the biggest obstacle I'm going to have to deal with is the thinness that the shoe is going to be. I need to be extra careful and soft with it. Additionally, I need to make sure the heel is able to support the rest of the shoe. It's a new challenge I want to conquer.

Artwork

My work lately has been very original. I made a pinch pot and splatter painted light blue and yellow all around it. However, when I brought it out of the kiln for the second time, It was all dripped in a certain way and it looked so awesome! I finished my flower, and that came out the exact color I wanted it to. I found my "character is your destiny" mug and painted it a deep blue. I also attempted making a blue-purple glaze. After it came out on my test pieces, I took other glazes like sargasso, indigo, black, and others, and painted them over the glaze. They came out all looking so different. I still need to put the clear glaze over it also. I am currently working on my chia pet, which I made as a running shoe. Due to technical problems, I cannot upload those pictures at the time. But, as a little preview, I made it as an "old-school" running shoe. It should work out pretty well. I'm excited for Raku week, and I still need to throw on the wheel. What I would really like to do this year, is make something that I can put glass at the bottom of.