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Thanks! I know, it's been too long in between... 😬

Hi, if you get clear glaze on the bottom of your ceramics and put them into the kiln, the glaze will melt and fuse your item to the surfaces in the kiln.

Thank you!

@heatherliu you're welcome

Thank you, I hope so too!

Tell me about it!! 😅

Do you mean hollowed out? I don't need to as long as I make certain everything has dried for quite a while.

Do you mean hollowed out? I don't need to as long as I make certain everything has dried for quite a while.

Sorry for the late reply, I use porcelain clay!

Great tip! Thank you so much!!

For me too!

Thank you! 😊

Yessss, that's something else I also love to do! Waaaay too many hobbies... 😬😅

Baking! 🍞🥐🥖🥯 Although cleaning up is not my favorite... 😅😆

CRafting, especially with paper lately, also thinking about trying out quilling!

Quilling looks amazing! I've tried a little, but I would love to do more one day.

Glad that it helps! Good luck on your crochet project! <3 <3

Thank you so much!

Me too!

Thank you! I love red pandas too!

Her original owners named her, I just decided to keep it!

Thank you, I'm trying!

I'm struggling to get animals and proportions right atm so would be great to watch more instructional vids or your process step by step ...I love animals with huge eyes or ears or both😂 and can only suggest a fennec fox?😍 or a long eared jerboa or a sugar glider, maybe an aye-aye? ( there's beauty in anything ugly😂). Plus ears of my animals are either badly placed or keep breaking and seeing someone else tackling big ears would be helpful. Also, thank you for reminding me to use my hoarded art supplies!😅

Yes, I'll definitely make more sculpting vids in the future! A fennec fox is an adorable idea! It is tricky making animals with huge ears and long legs and tails though. Since I have to take my animals to a communal studio, the chances of them getting damaged are a bit higher. Not because the staff are careless, but accidents happen. If you have your own kiln, then the chances of breakage is much less because you would be the sole person handling them. I try to make sure my ears aren't too thin (especially where it connects to the animal's head) because that just makes it more likely that they break.

Yes, I usually try to, but I also apply wax resist as well. Just as an extra precaution.

@@heatherliu Thank you! Lots to learn from your process, thanks for sharing!

You're welcome!

They're pretty fun creatures!

Thank you! 😊

Thank you!

Hi! As a precaution, I wouldn't go thicker than an inch. It also depends on whether or not you let it fully dry before it gets put in the kiln. Most of the time since I let my pieces get bone dry and there's no moisture, there's no need to hollow them out.

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you! Yes, creating is definitely very fulfilling on so many levels!

All of them are so cute! I love them all!😊

So hard to choose!! I can't LOL

Thank you, I hope to do more with drawing and sketching in the future!

Thank you!

Porcelain clay! Like what dinner plates are made of!

They're even more amazing in-person! I was pretty lucky to see them this time, because I've never seen them before in such quantity!

I've done one video on watercolor where I was testing out my handmade ceramic watercolor palettes! It's at this link: th-cam.com/video/fr3y4eEhnz0/w-d-xo.html

@@heatherliu thanks.

It's fun! I need to work on my knife painting techniques though! 😬😄

Oops, you're right. It looks like TH-cam cuts them off when I re-use my description formatting for each video. I've corrected the links for all my videos. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!

Welcome, Zainab!

@@heatherliu thanks 💞

Glad you liked it! Yes, I will be making more outdoor studio vlogs in the future. Not immediately, but definitely soon!

Porcelain clay!

It really is, thank you for watching!

Isn't it? Always worth a trip in the spring!

Thank you for your kinds words! I'm touched that my video brought back those wonderful memories with your mom. It really is the little things in life that we should all appreciate and I'm glad that you and your mom made those memories in such a beautiful setting. I'm sorry to hear about your home. The Thomas Fire and the subsequent mud slides were awful. 😭 Those terrible years make me super grateful for "calmer" years filled with flowers.

Right?! It's so healing to the soul.

Thank you!

Thank you! I go to a communal studio and pay a small fee for them to fire my pieces. They are not small-scale studio kilns, they are VERY large, industrial-size kilns. So unfortunately, they would be too large and too expensive (and unnecessary) for any independent ceramicist.

Thanks! Yeah, the day job's necessary for now, but it can be a drag...

Yessss, do it!! 😁😃