As a journalist, AP style dictated that a comma before “and” was not included. This hailed to a time when the paper was laid out by hand, each letter and grammatical piece an block of lead. Was it to save time? Money? or Both?
Nonetheless, I constantly find myself fighting with my AP style and including a comma before “and” lest the grammar police chastise me for misuse.
Anyways… I’ve been working on some sculptural pieces and I’ve already peeked in the kiln to see yet another fail. I like to make mistakes on a grand scale. It helps me learn.
So here’s a peek and what existed before it was fired and I will share pics of its broken self, later.
I embedded pre-fired raku glazed pieces into a heavy grog B-Mix clay and formed it over a bowl. I peeked this morning and the back portion of the “cave” has blown off. I will investigate today and see what the problem was. May have still not been dry enough. I did a 10-hour soak but you never know.
On the plus side, I did some raku this week and it was lovely but also kinda ugly. What do you think.
The flat 3d piece, I will be adding glass to as a way to experiment.
