They’re made from a black-speckled, brown clay and I pressed a piece of floral lace onto the clay. I painted the glaze on the face (they did the pupils on the eyes), waddle, and comb, and they did the white, black, and clear (I think there’s a clear layer) after we left.
We asked if we could each make a second one but the instructor said we only had 2 hours, so probably not. We each had enough room on our clay slabs to fit two, and we knew the basics from the other classes we had taken (Santa gnomes and trees), so we forged ahead. We expected that we’d have to choose one of them to keep, however, she said we just had to pay $12 extra for the second one. Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
I love how the lace pattern gives the speckled clay just a bit more interest and how their more natural bodies contrast with their colorful facial details!
Thank you! We had several options for texturing the clay- a few more pieces of lace, and some textured rolling pins. Almost everyone used something different and it was fun to see how each one looked on the clay. I wish I had been able to see all of the completed chickens after the firing! My coworker lives near the studio so she picked them up for us.
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