Progress

I thought I'd post a shot of Travis before I cut him up.

Armature

Here are some shots of a new armature I built. I have decided due to my current schedule and upcoming deadlines that I need to being working on two pieces at a time. It's going to get pretty tight in my studio but I think it will come with its share of advantages. I also worked out some of the kinks in my last armature design.
I rotated the post 90 degrees to slim it's profile when working from behind it, which also helps to better support the insertion rods. I hamered flat the ends of the rods by forging them using one of the burner ports of an active fusion pot kiln around cone 1 as my heat source. I clamped a piece of angle iron to a cinder block to function as a marring surface, which worked out quite well. I need the ends to be flat so that I can clamp onto them for easy twisting removal.
I included a photo of a wooden handle I fabricated to serve this purpose.

Finished

Ideas for the next "SAW" film!

I thought I'd post some shots of my assembly process as I finished up the construction of this piece. I was lucky to find this hospital lift which allows me to suspend the figure for the attachment of the feet. I cut a slot out of a level board which I have placed beneath the figure which will support the feet and allow me access to the underside so I can attach the bolting mechanism. Once the figure is standing straight, I lower her onto the feet by releasing the pressure from the piston. I then back-fill the gaps with PC-7 epoxy between the feet and the cuffs and allow to dry.

Update

Here are some shots of my latest piece as I hollow it out. I have chosen to cut off the feet and cold connect them post fire, to avoid their deformation during firing.

I've been doing allot of glaze tests recently, like these tri-axial blends that are ready to load this morning. Hopefully I can find a nice base glaze so that I can begin to expand my surface pallet. ( I actually really like this color gradation. I wouldn't mind having glazes that look like these unfired tests, although a little juicer!)

I have a blog?

We only have about 4 or five months of nice weather here in Edinboro, PA: June, July, and August being the best which is why I haven't posted to the blog since May. Here is a shot of this piece in its compleet state which I am titling An Interruption.