MY PEEPS
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This is a hand-built stoneware sculpture for a decorative ceramic peep hole plug. The peep or spy hole in the wall of a kiln is an aperture for obsering the cones within the kiln used for assessing the proper kiln temperature.
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This peep hole plug is designed to represent classic candy Peeps in the form of peeping chicks aligned in a candy box.
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Its name is a wordplay on the slang term peeps, meaning buddies or friends, derived from the word people.
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The work was created for the 2009 Skutt Pottery Kiln Peep Show competition, NCECA Conference, Phoenix, AZ: Awards finalist, 2009.
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Construciton sequence: Fired to cone 06. Underglazes applied. Refired to cone 5/6. Mica applied to acrylic base for cold finishes.
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Date: 2008.
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Size: 3.26" x 3.0" x 2.0".
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Available for purchase: Price $50. Also available in new designs or designed to buyer's specifications on commission: Price $100.
CREATIVE PROCESS
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This decorative peep hole plug is a hand-built stoneware sculpture. It is sculpted in the form of candy peeps, with three chicks in a row. The plug portion of the form is designed to be used to obstruct the kiln's spy hole during firing, between observations of the temperature cones.
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First firing is done at cone 06. Underglazing is applied to embellish the plug portion of the piece. The work is now ready for its refiring at cone 5/6.
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An acrylic base is applied to the chick surfaces.
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Mica bits are imbedded into the wet acrylic to provide a faux sugar coating cold finish.
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This finalizes the piece.
