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Harastal
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This is excellent.![]()
Hee hee.
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This is excellent.![]()
I should have just posted my Tree Change Dolls link in here!
Awww...that is very cool! I've seen some stuff about repaints. Noel Cruz is the most popular I've seen. Holy crap talent.
http://www.ncruz.com/
It's weird when you get into the hyper-sexualization discussion because I do know little kids dream of growing up.
But it's nice that adults dream of kids staying kids.
I really think Brats dolls are hideous. I've been looking at toys for my daughter for Christmas and the dolls are all ugh. Then I remembered Tree Change. (My daughter assures me that at 12 she is not too old for toys.)
Christmas shopping is fun when it's not last minute.
I found you! In a fit of annoyance, rage, and sadness, I gave up Lit for a bit and unsubscribed to everything and took a break - but your thread finally popped back up.
I have missed the randomness of your world.
I have nothing to add about make-up as I have pretty much stopped wearing it. I quit caring.![]()
I missed you! So glad you're back! Sorry about the fit thing, that sucks.
I mostly don't, but I go in spurts of wanting to wear it and being sad that every mascara stings my eyes.
Eh, health drama (because 2015 hasn't been shitty enough). I'll survive.
That sucks about mascara - that's my "dressing up" right now. I like makeup. I'm sure I'll start wearing it again one day when I know I can make it a week without crying. For now it's just a waste of money though.
Western raku techniques
Raku became popular with American potters in the late 1950s with the help of Paul Soldner. Americans kept the general firing process, that is, heating the pottery quickly to high temperatures and cooling it quickly, but continued to form their own unique style of raku.
It is raku’s unpredictable results and intense color that attract modern potters. These patterns and color result from the harsh cooling process and the amount of oxygen that is allowed to reach the pottery. Depending on what effect the artist wants, the pottery is either instantly cooled in water, cooled slowly in the open air, or placed in a barrel filled with combustible material, such as newspaper, covered, and allowed to smoke.[6] Water immediately cools the pottery, stopping the chemical reactions of the glaze and fixing the colors. The combustible material results in smoke, which stains the unglazed portions of the pottery black. The amount of oxygen that is allowed during the firing and cooling process affects the resulting color of the glaze and the amount of crackle.
Unlike traditional Japanese raku, which is mainly hand built bowls of modest design, western raku tends to be vibrant in color, and comes in many shapes and sizes. Western raku can be anything from an elegant vase, to an eccentric abstract sculpture. Although some do hand build, most western potters use throwing wheels while creating their raku piece. Western culture has even created a new sub branch of raku called horse hair raku. These pieces are often white with squiggly black lines and smoke-like smudges. These effects are created by placing horse hair, feathers, or even sugar on the pottery as it is removed from the kiln and still extremely hot.
Christmas shopping is fun when it's not last minute.
Amen. I've made two really big purchases at really good prices for Christmas this year.
That is very cool! One of my favorite styles is Kintsugi
http://goodmenproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/day-10-kintsugi.jpg.pagespeed.ce_.h2da73-dL8.jpg
hah, beautiful - and some of those potters last night would've loved to have made use of that on their cracked and broken pots![]()