Since I was still sitting at the wheel with a big hump of clay in front of me, and I'd just made some birds, I went on and made some cats. They thought the bird choir I had just made looked delicious and immediately went into crouch-position. They are very well-fed and not energetic, so despite their best efforts, they will not catch the singing birds.
Here is the first cat, in three views:
And four views of the second cat:
These and a few more I "threw" on the wheel as closed forms, then I added noses, eyes, ears, legs and tails. I underglazed* these mischievous cats in mostly ridiculous colors, like blue, olive green, purple, bright yellow and orange, then fired, clear-glazed and fired them again.
I ran out of time before I could photograph the other three, and headed up to Maine for much-needed outdoor R&R. They sit in my little gallery awaiting my return. Bye for now, basement.
(* Underglaze is a form of glaze high in clay content. I use it on the unfired clay.)
