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Old 03-17-2004, 10:31 PM   #20
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Terri and Heidi, Thankyou so much.

Heidi, here is the truth about the little boy sculpture photo: I shot the picture before it was fired! It changed a little in the firing. There were a couple of troublesome cracks which I filled in and retouched. I really enjoyed playing with the lighting of the sculpture, and I may have shot over 400 photos until I had 6 or 7 shots I really liked.

All these pictures were for just in case the sculpture was lost in the firing. I think it nearly was lost. The clay body shrank 18% and the base cylinder was partly vitrified into glass. While horrified, I did my best to retouch it with acrylics. Fortunately the client accepted it and gave me the final payment. Next time I will fire at cone 06 instead of 6, which will leave this brown clay body in a light pink color with no risk of loss.

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Here is a shot of it after being fired:
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