Creating Ceramics with Character
First Firing Session and Transportation
A course by Sandra Apperloo , Ceramic Artist
About the video: First Firing Session and Transportation
Overview
“In this lesson, the vase is ready for its first firing, and we will prepare it for transportation to the firing location! In addition, I will give you some basics about the ceramic kiln, so you have a bit of an idea of how your vase will be fired. ”
In this video lesson Sandra Apperloo addresses the topic: First Firing Session and Transportation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Ceramics with Character. Sculpt and decorate a vase with personality using original techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“First firing session and transportation So we have, once again reached a very exciting part of our course because right now we have a vase that is bone dry and that is ready for the first firing session. There's one more thing remaining that we need to do before we can get our vase fired and that's wrapping it up correctly and take it to the firing location, and do it in a way that it doesn't break or that nothing happens to it. And at this point your vase is bone dry. The vase has been left out for a week. You can see the color has changed, and the only challenge that remains at this point...”
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Course summary for: Creating Ceramics with Character
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics

Sandra Apperloo
A course by Sandra Apperloo
Sandra Apperloo is a ceramist from Utrecht, Netherlands, who has always had a passion for art. She started sharing her interest for art, craft, and illustration with the world through her blog ArtisticMoods in 2012, which led her to explore different materials on her own. It was love at first sight for Sandra when it came to pottery, and she’s been sculpting and shaping clay ever since.
Sandra is now a full-time ceramic artist, putting love, thought, and effort into every piece she creates. Her brand, The Pottery Parade, includes a wide variety of decorative objects in pastel hues, with each piece carefully adorned with fun little faces.
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