Sculpture crit

So sculpture critique went well.

I think there was actually a noticeable improvement in the work.

Im glad I worked small.

It feels nice to be able to rough an idea out in an hour or so.


But now that that's over its all about the iron.

Iron pour Nov 14 and quickly approaching.

I think that all of my work for the next critique is going to be in iron.

Im shooting for around four pedestal pieces.

Other than that im not sure what will happen.

We'll see.


Anywho, sorry the pictures are so busy.

This actually during critique.

When people start taking their stuff down I plan to get some cleaner shots.

And also some good shots of my first project from this semester.

Unloading Woodfiring

So the kiln cooled nicely and we were able to unload it yesterday.

Some pretty nice things came out.

I'm personally satisfied.

Ill get some better shots of my stuff soon.

Were shooting for another wood firing the weekend after the iron pour. Nov 20-22

This one is supposed to be student run.

So thats a fun little tidbit.

Picture time.

Woodstoke 09 [finish]

So Friday night went pretty smoothly.

We finished firing around 2:30 AM.

A good number of people showed up towards the end so it wasn't as exhausting.


So now its all bricked up and cooling until...late Tuesday hopefully.

Overall it was a pretty fun experience.

I like the hands on approach a bit more than gas firing.

Wood firing day two

The sensation thats sweeping the nation....

What has become officially dubbed Woodstoke '09.

The firing of Mark Rigsby's wood kiln

...with the aid of USM sculpture students and staff of course.


So day two we finished loading the kiln and started the firing.

It seems like we will be able to finish up sometime Saturday morning.

So yours truly is getting ready for that 5pm-6am finish up shift.

Wood firing day one

Fall break. Time to relax, go out of town, or.....fire a wood kiln. o_O

Luckily Mark Rigsby is getting together with some students to do just that.


So luckily the rain held out, but the sun was pretty ruthless.

There were a couple no shows.

But things still went pretty smoothly.

All in all, its been a pretty awesome experience so far.


And now im just gonna throw some pictures at you so I can go help finish loading the kiln.

Updates & Ceramic crit

Guess who got a new battery for his camera. *points to self* This guuuy.

So now I can provide what really matters...massive amounts of photographs.


Upcoming events?

-In progress critique in sculpture today
-Wood firing at Marks house fall break
-And the oh so important iron pour next month

So there will be frequent updates in the next few weeks.

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Pictures from our recent ceramics critique!

Laura's

Ken's

Christa Nelson's work in the foreground

A few of my tall bottles on the wheel.

One of my pieces in progress