Monday, June 15, 2009

More crochet experiments

In 2002/2003 I did a lot of experiments with liquid porcelain clay. I had this project in mind and it needed a certain whiteness & transparancy. When the normal liquid porcelain clay turned out to be too solid & not white enough for my taste so I had to search for the right recipe.
It took me more then half a year & lots of sample making to find the recipe that was just right.
People declared me crazy for being so determined to keep on making samples & wait for firing results. I loved the process of it all, it made me learn a lot about the products I used.

In 2006 I started the academy of fine arts with the idea of experimenting of drenching crochet & knitwork in liquid porcelain clay. Due to circumstances I didn't finish the year & the idea was left aside. Now I have my own kiln, I'm superhappy to pick up the idea where I left it.
And I found the jar of porcelain clay that I made in 2002 with a little left over so I had to make a few more samples & drench them in there. I'm convinced that the kind of yarn you use to drench is very important. It needs to be a yarn that holds liquid very well. I used cotton, acrylic, wool, hemp. I also crocheted with a large hook & with a small hook to see if that makes difference.I hope to fire the kiln tonight so I don't have to keep you in suspence too long for the results... I'm quite curious myself! :)
I also added a little sponge in there - but I tried that before and the result is awesome!

22 comments:

  1. nd how am I supposed to muster up the patience to see the results?? Wanna see NOW!

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  2. Looking forward to see the results! What happened with the other bunch?

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  3. They are in the kiln, Estella. They will fire together & it will smell heavinly while burning - NOT! :)

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  4. I do love reading about your experiments ! Curious too, to see how they work out .

    groetjes,
    Rhiannon

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  5. I can't wait to find out how it turns out--I'd love to spend the day with you and watching your experiments, learning something too :-)

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  6. OOOOOooo looking forward to see the results!

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  7. I can't wait to see the results!! I will be in a state of suspense all day. :)

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  8. How cool! Can´t wait to see the final result! :)

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  9. Art, i'm very exited to see how it turns out! What a neat idea!!

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  10. Mitsy I love your adventurous attitude!

    -minna

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  11. hi Mitsy....I tagged you :-) :-)
    http://vadjutka.blogspot.com/2009/06/since-i-was-in-mood-for-taking-photos.html

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  12. tantalising, I can't wait to see how they turn out

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  13. Brilliant (as usual). I'm dying to see the results!

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  14. this looks so interesting. Can't wait for the results!!!!

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  15. I look forward to se the result!

    Good luck.
    Kirsten Elise

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  16. shall be keeping my fingers crossed for these mitsy!! am so enormously curious to see the results!

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  17. what a beautiful idea! i'm intrigued to see the results! x

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  18. Mitsy, I can't wait to see how they turned out after firing! Did it work?

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  19. The kiln is cooling down right now. I might be able to open it late tommorrow night or on thursday morning! Can't wait either! ;)
    Thanks for your enthusiasm peeps! :)

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  20. SOunds very original...can't wait to see the results!

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