The Shooting Star

 

              

 

This is a heavy tile, nearly an inch thick.  When  I roll out the tiles I use battens  and a rolling pin.  This one is thicker than most of the tiles I have made since.  I let the clay dry quite hard, then made the stars by boring shallow holes using drill bits held in my fingers.  I was inspired by seeing shooting stars in the dark countryside skies.  It was bisque fired then glazed dark blue in the middle and black around the edge.  After the second firing, I put on the words and the stars with white glaze.