#took two sessions to glaze because my attention struggled halfway through

[chipper-smol]

dudeeeee your ceramic dragons are so COOL im in awee!! I saw your thing where you needed a method to make the wings, ive never done wings except on birds and what i usually do is make a frame with twisted nichrome or kanthal wire, and then at the thickest parts wrap the joints with shreds of paper [the paper burns away in the kiln and if the greenware is dry enough dont worry about air bubbles] , and then wrap the clay over the frame. It takes some practice, but every artist seems to develop their own method somehow. Ive also found that hollow limbs are sturdier than solid ones. Cant wait to see what else you make though!!!

:O thank you for the advice! I actually just picked up some nichrome wire myself but I didn't think of getting to join supports yet. With the paper burning away in the kiln though, wouldn't that make smoke in the kiln? I go to a studio thats semi-public so I don't want to ruin anything

I'll keep the hollow limb tip in mind too 👀

also, here's the finished boy!

He's funny because I meant to make his tail a point of support, but in the middle of drying out he decided that he wanted it to float instead (by just a hair too)

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