some fired birds

Here are three of the birds that have been fired in the kiln.
Now they are ready to put into the artwork.

making the ceramic footprints for the paving stones

Here are the children rolling out the clay ready for their footprint. Their foot is then traced and the shape cut out. Then the children decorate it using coloured underglazes. The clay feet will be fired and then glazed and fired a second time. Then they will be ready to be glued to pavers to decorate their garden and play area. The gaps between the ceramic feet will be decorated using mosaiced tiles.

As I am writing this, the feet are actually in their first firing in the kiln (the bisque firing). I will be pulling them out tomorrow and then applying the glaze to them, ready for their second firing.