Pumpkin Sugar Skull Person in Progress

Step one: Throw the body!

I've gotten curious about how the pumpkin people will look with the Raku process vs. regular glazing and firing. Then my creative mind spun off into the key question all creatives ask: "What if?"

What if I do a sugar skull pumpkin person?

Step two: throw, attach, and carve the pumpkin skull head.

Step three: Throw the arms, wait for them to dry a bit and then attach them.

Step four: sculpt and attach the hands.

What if, instead of the white ghost robe I've been doing, I use color, instead?

What if I make it orange with some kind of black pattern or design along the hemline, and maybe elsewhere?

I found this orange just a little too bright, so I layered another orange over it (not pictured, yet). Part of me is considering starting bright from the head and neck area and gradually blending to a darker and darker orange as the color approaches the hem. We'll see how it goes!

The Army Grows

On the left side, jacks for Raku. On the right, low fire for traditional, colored glazes.

The studio is supposed to open sometime in the next month or so. I'm going to see how much I can pile into their kiln!

I love having these racks for drying! They're perfect!

Here are a few jack-o'-lanterns drying slowly in the shade before getting moved to the rack you saw pictured above. If they dry a little slower, there's less chance of cracking.

Even my dad seems impressed with how the amount of Hallowe'en things has been growing! I only wish I had more time, but that will come!