after my trip to melbourne for my exhibition 2 weeks ago, last week was back to work in the studio. i have some pieces to make for a group show that opens in november.
i ordered a shiny sparkly new apron from here and it makes cold working fashionable and dry. also is nice not having a strap around the back of your neck
and in the cold shop my task was to cut these large cylinders so that they are ready to go in the kiln
i had to extend the bed of the diamond saw out to the left to hold the size of the saw, the clamp is holding the wooden bed in place. then i had to cut the base off of the cylinders
and while i was avoiding doing this cutting on the saw, once i got started it went really well.
both bottoms cut off the cylinders - easy.
then i had to extend out the saw bed in length again so that i could cut down the length of one side of each cylinder to remove a section. this looked even scarier, but again after avoiding this task, it all went incredibly well.
the section that is removed from one side of the cylinder will allow me to then set the cylinder up in a kiln to slump it open.
a couple hours later in my sparkle apron and all the tricky saw work is done. 3 cylinders ready to go tin the kiln. more on the tricky kiln work soon.
