{"id":588,"date":"2006-10-21T10:18:30","date_gmt":"2006-10-21T10:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/2006\/10\/haniwa-curing-and-firing\/"},"modified":"2006-10-21T10:18:30","modified_gmt":"2006-10-21T10:18:30","slug":"haniwa-curing-and-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/2006\/10\/21\/haniwa-curing-and-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Haniwa: Curing and Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to make sure that the haniwa (<a href=\"http:\/\/jcgi.pathfinder.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,868674,00.html\">here<\/a> is another interesting article about haniwa) were completely dry, they sat exposed to the air and sunlight for 2 weeks. Since the smaller haniwa dry more quickly, I was able to fire the octopus, robot, and a few other smaller pieces prior to the bigger pieces.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haniwa_group01.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/haniwa_group01.JPG\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nThis is the first group of haniwa. From right to left the group consists of a <a href=\"http:\/\/blue_moon.typepad.com\/blue_lotus\/2005\/07\/kabutomushi_.html\">kabutomushi<\/a> (rhinocerous beetle), a fugu (puffer fish), a bucket-headed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanshin\">sanshin<\/a> player (made out of a gourd and bamboo stock), a ninja, a soldier with butterfly swords, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiko\">Taiko<\/a> spirit, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freeza\">Freeza<\/a>-like spirit, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satsuma_Province\">Satsuma<\/a> (not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofsatsuma.com\/AboutSatsuma.html\">this Satsuma<\/a>) samurai.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haniwa_group02.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/haniwa_group02.JPG\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nThe second group is made up of a DJ, my version of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onmarkproductions.com\/html\/daruma.shtml\">Daruma<\/a> totem (a dual skull on top of a stormtrooper on top of a ninja turtle wind god), a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/databank\/organization\/snowtroopers\/\">snowtrooper<\/a> (based on the kind that raided Hoth at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back), a two-headed warrior wielding a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naginata.org\/naginata.html\">naginata<\/a>, a bear, the squid Pope, and a ronin bearing a cane sword.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haniwa_group03.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/haniwa_group03.jpg\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nI fired the first group last week, and unfortunately, a few of them cracked. The samurai lost a piece of his helmet, the Taiko spirit lost part of his back, and the Fugu was badly damaged. I was able to fix them all with some super glue and used Gorilla Glue to fill in places where the fugu was badly damaged.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haniwa_group04.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/haniwa_group04.jpg\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nI just finished firing this group, and they all look like they survived the process intact. I guess it just took a little bit of time to refine my technique.<br \/>\nThe clay I used was special in that it is made to be fired at 350 degrees for 1 hour, so I was able to do this in a household oven. I plan to make more as soon as I get more clay, but I need to find someone with a kiln so I can get those fired as well.<br \/>\nSo far, the project is off to a good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to make sure that the haniwa (here is another interesting article about haniwa) were completely dry, they sat exposed to the air and sunlight for 2 weeks. Since the smaller haniwa dry more quickly, I was able to fire the octopus, robot, and a few other smaller pieces prior to the bigger pieces. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/2006\/10\/21\/haniwa-curing-and-firing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}