{"id":399,"date":"2025-10-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/?p=399"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:16:55","slug":"castle-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Castle in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been experimenting with new surfaces for my ceramics, and I realize that a vase<\/strong> is a excellent canvas. The height gives me more space to capture detailed subjects, like the magnificent robot from Laputa: Castle in the Sky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this piece, I decided to try painting the robot along with the golden Laputa emblem using underglaze<\/strong>. The results before the glaze firing were absolutely stunning\u2014the gold really popped! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as you can see frpm the pictures, despite the glaze firing give the vase it shininess, it also dull the color a bit. The robot figure fainted quite a bit more than I wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But that\u2019s the reality of ceramics: there’s always a lesson waiting in the kiln.<\/strong> Was it the brand of underglaze<\/strong>, the type of clear glaze<\/strong>, or maybe just a subtle shift in the firing temperature<\/strong>? Maybe a bit of all?  That’s the mystery I’ll be investigating before my next attempt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay body : M370. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undeglaze : Spectrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear glaze : our studio’s own recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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