Anderson 1 Belinda Anderson Debi McGuire, Instructor Social Media Marketing February 23, 2017 Start to Finish of a Ceramic Bird Feeder I love to watch the birds eat. So, I thought I would make a feeder for them. I started by throwing clay to a forth of an inch. I cut out each piece. At that time, I scored each side with a putty knife and added slip. If you forget to score and add slip, the pieces will not stay together. Each piece was then put firmly together to create the walls. The roof could then be added on top of the walls by scoring and adding slip. When the top half was assembled, it was placed on the bottom part (which symbols the grass and water) don’t forget to score and add slip. The border is placed on last (score and slip). It is a piece of rolled up clay. After placing all parts together, they were smoothed.
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Anderson 1
Belinda Anderson
Debi McGuire, Instructor
Social Media Marketing
February 23, 2017
Start to Finish of a Ceramic Bird Feeder
I love to watch the birds eat. So, I thought I would make a feeder for them. I started by throwing clay to a forth of an inch. I cut out each piece. At that time, I scored each side with a putty knife and added slip. If you forget to score and add slip, the pieces will not stay together. Each piece was then put firmly together to create the walls. The roof could then be added on top of the walls by scoring and adding slip. When the top half was assembled, it was placed on the bottom part (which symbols the grass and water) don’t forget to score and add slip. The border is placed on last (score and slip). It is a piece of rolled up clay. After placing all parts together, they were smoothed. At that point it was time to put in the designs and cut out the door
I really like this roof strategy from George Ohr, his are made to be inkwells. Give acknowledgement where it is due.
Anderson 2
He’s are all one color. I think that they are pretty, but I wanted more life in mine. Colors make it easier for the birds to find it. I guess they think it is some kind of flower. In to the Kiln it went.
Once out of the Kiln and cooled, I began to put glaze on it. One color at a time. As you can see in this picture, I have already put pink in the flowers around the bottom and blue as the water lines. I took turquoise and did the grass. Next came the walls, they are done in blue. The windows where the hardest to do, because I had to apply four different colors, each put on one at a time, one over the others. White, yellow, red, and orange, it gives it the look as if lights are on inside of the house. The roof is done in gray, with orange Sunshine razes. One more time, off to the Kiln for a final firing. The border around the outside holds in the birdseed. They can still make a mess out of their food.
Anderson 3
And that is a Bird Feeder from start to finish. Hope you like this step-by-step outline.
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