Rooster Crowing

 

I grew up on a chicken farm and I can take or leave chickens, except when I include them in my pottery, like this painting. Then I love to make them whimsical.

HOW ITS MADE - I rolled out clay then cut out a crowing rooster and a huge sunflower. I painted them with under-glaze paint, then bisque fired them in

my kiln. My kiln is an electric kiln therefore they are not actually baked in a fire, but with electricity. Fired in a kiln goes back to ancient times of wood fired kilns, which are still used.

 

Then I glazed in a clear glaze and fired again at a high temperature. This process melts the glaze unto the pottery, bringing out the colours.

With acrylic paint I painted this background on this canvas, including a hen. I epoxied the rooster and flower on to it.