In message , D Kat
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I actually have had my big kiln god under wraps for months now. I'm afraid
to unwrap it since I can't do anything with it if it needs it. Probably I
should at least put a damp sponge in one of the layers and hope that keeps
it workable.

It strikes me that a kiln god should incorporate the 4 elements - earth of
course, fire, water and air. A dragon clearly covers earth, fire and air.
I can think of nothing that represents all 4 (unless water dragons fly...).
Hmmmm a dragon fly would work perfectly if only we could get them to breathe
fire

Donna


"Bubbles/Marianne" wrote in message
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"D Kat" wrote in message
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Kiln god goes outside of the kiln on top or near the door (door guard?).
You want it where it is not in the flame/rain(outdoor gas/wood)/direct
heat but you want it visible - you treat the kiln god as you want you
pots to be treated. But hell Marianne - you're talking to someone that
used to walk around the chair and tell the computer what a good girl she
was when she had inexplicable program crashes...

Shoot! I still pat my computers on the top of the screen and tell them to
be good!

LOL!

Marianne


Hello Donna

Having made dragons for years, I don't think that they would make
reliable kiln gods. I don't know what goes on inside the kiln at high
temperature when I've got dragons in there, but often they come out in a
different shape to the one I intended - I guess that the clay must flex,
slump, distort and the dragons take advantage of it to give me
surprises. Whiskers move around, claws twitch and tails snake around in
unexpected ways. So, if it's surprises you're after, go for dragons.

I've always had the urge to make a fiery dragon with a sort of cigarette
lighter ignition system to bring flames out of its mouth. Just how to
do this has escaped me so far - any ideas anybody?

There's even one dragon which is invisible, because it's shy and doesn't
want to be seen - I have a chart with pictures of many kinds of Chinese
dragon on it. This one is listed but there isn't any illustration!

Of course, dragons eat organic dragonflies, don't they? Once upon a long
time ago I made a dragon in the act of catching a dragonfly, but it all
turned out to be just too fragile for words. Mind you, the lustres on
all the scales and wings really sparkled and looked great. Sorry to say
that it got broken almost as soon as it was finished.

As for kiln gods, I have a routine. After packing and starting the kiln
running, as I leave the workshop I blow the kiln a kiss. Silly things
we do, don't we?

As you can tell, I'm back at work and feeling better

Susie


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