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Fun with Snow

2/26/2017

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Most of our students walk to school rather than ride a bus. This means that we usually have two-hour delays rather than days off when it snows, which also means some cranky students. On these days, we like to have a little more fun, and that means some experimentation.
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Roll out a slab and cut a tile.
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We applied one coat of Amaco's Textured Alligator in Tiger Eye over the entire surface, and then one coat of the same type of glaze in Tahitian Blue in a band across the middle. Then we added a pile of snow.
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We dabbed Amaco's Low Fire Gloss in Chocolate Brown onto the snow pile with a medium paint brush.
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Then we let it melt.
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Everyone thought it looked pretty terrible when it dried, but since you never know what you are going to get until it's fired, it went into the kiln.
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Our tile was fired to cone 05.
We were pleasantly surprised by the delicate stippling since we were expecting water swirls. It turned out so interesting that we all wished that we had taken the time to use two coats of the Tiger Eye and Tahitian Blue.

So, what can you do with snow as an art medium?
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