Glazing pottery animals. Aardvark Dave and the ant parade.

Dave and the ants on parade. Glazing and firing is a time consuming investment of heart, hope and hopefully rewarding results. A recent request to make salt and pepper aardvarks with an ant design, set me thinking about making a larger aardvark. The idea of ants on parade came from leaf cutter ants travelling in procession with their prize leaf cuttings raised above their heads, like banners and flags at a festival. Then I just thought an aardvark needs a t-shirt.... of course. To record the whole process of glazing a detailed piece like Dave has been a wish of mine for such a long time. There’s a lot of stages and processes involved in glazing. Often overlooked parts of the overall build.  In fact, I often think I’m more of a painter than I am a model maker. I must spend over 50% of my time sat in the studio glazing something. I wanted to devote a whole video just to this side of the making process. Even if it didn’t work out&