Another round

On By CarynIn Craft

We’ve done another round of ceramic painting. This time I tried for flowers, daisy on one side and a sunflower on the other for my mother-in-law.

Photo description: ceramic mug painted with a white daisy on a blue background, before firing
Photo description: other side of the same ceramic mug painted with a yellow sunflower on a blue background, before firing
Photo description: sunflower side after firing, same camera angle

It was interesting how the flowers changed after firing, and something to consider when painting again with glaze.

The other interesting thing is the apparent shape of the mug. In the pictures above it looks like a standard straight sided coffee mug, but it isn’t.

Photo description: same mug, but photographed from the side showing the sloping angles of the sides better
Photo description: daisy side of the mug, after firing, photographed straight on

My favorite part is the ombre interior. It really amuses me to have the inside painted like a patina of coffee has already built up.

Photo description: inside of the mug showing yellow to brown glaze gradient