I am really on a roll here with marbeling on clay! it is such A Process... working on raw super soft clay whic gets softer with all the slips on it. Half the work im working on simply collapse or fall apart in drying. Or a clay decides its a nice place to leave a cat impression :( Not to mention the amount of clean up after each marbeling session. Since my studio is completely open , the wind also factors in. But for this firing another very beloved natural event creates mayhem. THE rains. October, November saw loads of rain in Auroville and a couple of cyclones mid november. That left my studio so humid that it was near impossible to dry anything. Wrong process for such a weather where I have to let the work dry leather hard, marble it then which makes it super hydrated again and then let it dry out. Madness. Whats really interesting to observe in oneself is the need to keep persuing what one is currently in love with. So when a friend needed a few bowls and tumblers, a couple o...
