新作品のスタート! Started making new works!

京展が終わっていよいよ新しい作品に挑戦。

After the Kyo-ten was over, I started making new works.

３匹制作して１匹（一番小さいもの）は早くできた。４月に大学の電気窯で素焼焼成した。

I planned to make three dogs, and finished one of them (the smallest one) earlier. So I biscuit fired it with an electric kiln at my alma mater during April.

５月明けに本焼焼成をしました。２匹は大型の作品で時間がかかるので慎重になりながら無事に完成ができるように。

And I did the glost firing of the small dog in early May. Since the other two are large pieces, I need to take more time and continue carefully.

色は目指していたものよりもほんの少し薄い。これを作る前に作成したドローイング（スケッチブックに目指す色合いを色鉛筆で塗ったもの）をモデルにしながら絵付けをしました。オレンジとバナジウム顔料を白化粧の量を考えながら調合してみました。
The color was a bit lighter than I aimed at. I did some drawings on a sketchbook with color pencils to decide my coloring before actually painting, and then made the colorant from orange, vanadium, and engobe.

模型はなんだか怖い目つきのようでもう一度色を塗り焼き直します。

I made a tiny model of the small dog too. But the tiny dog became a bit scary-looking after the glost firing, so I will paint it and do the firing again.

色をテストしてみましたがなかなか難しいようでさらに何回か実験してみたい！

I did some color testing as well, but I'm still having a difficulty with differentiating those colors. I will try again and again!