A FINISHED PIECE

I may have mentioned once or twice that I rarely finish an art piece,

especially my clay demos.

But this last school year I used this mask that I made a few years back

 to demonstrate how to apply the metallic oxides.

The kids have four to choose from:

Red Iron (the brownish one),

Rutile (the pumpkin color),

Cobalt Carbonate (blue-black),

and Chrome Carbonate (greenish).

For some weird reason the Chrome rubs off,

even after being high fired to 2150 degrees (Cone 5),

but I've found that if I brush the Cobalt over top of it,

then sponge the two off together it doesn't rub off

 and I end up with a wonderful turquoise-ish shade. 

Love it!