#espresso cup
Here’s little Kiki. Her espresso cup is probably my favorite. The blue glaze I used to accent and line the interior just really tied everything together.
And here’s the real life counterpart:
Third time’s the charm! My previous two attempts didn’t turn out after the glazing firing like I had hoped. This little one is with her forever home with my aunt now.
Here’s her real life counterpart
Here’s Jiji! Painting a solid color is nice but the black takes quite a few coats. Can’t wait to put a glossy clear glaze on and really make this cup pop
Here’s Cricket! In person her mouth is so tiny. I really tried to capture that with her cup
Here’s Kiki and her espresso cup. This is still unfired and unglazed so the colors should be darker once she’s all done and closer to her true colors
July 2020
June 2021
Found my photo from last summer when I first attempted turning my aunt’s cats into espresso cups.
It’s an interesting comparison to say the least. I think my wheel throwing has definitely improved. The thickness and cup shape is much more uniform.
As far as the cats themselves go, I did try a more 3D than cartoon approach. And I tried to more closely mimic the face shape and characteristics of the IRL cats. So we’ll see if that pays off when they’re out of the glaze kiln next week!
*snaps fingers*
All painted and ready for the kiln
I forgot to bring the pink underglaze with me to the studio so I’ve still got to paint its nose. But otherwise I’m pretty happy with how this little fella is turning out!
Ready for the bisque firing!
One face started and the other two sketched out on these little espresso cups. I’m trying make the face shapes a bit more dynamic to hopefully better capture their real life counterparts.
Cat tail handles attached!
Before
After
Just some subtle changes after getting trimmed.
Gonna let them firm up a smidge more and then I can add the handles and start sculpting.
Maybe third time will be the charm
First time some of the underglaze flaked off (taking glaze with it). So I remade it, since it’s a part of a set of 3 cats belonging to my aunt.
Second time I glazed it with the transparent in the studio instead of my bucket at home. Something is obviously very wrong with that glaze as it’s full of bubbles and very cloudy.
I wanted to work on decorating my fullsize mugs, but it looks like I’ll be throwing more espresso cups as I want the set to be done before I visit my Aunt at the end of the month…
