I found the painting process of my piece to be successful. I believe I was able to mix a paint color close to the color of llamas' fur. I also believe that using a lighter color for the face and painting on hooves really brought the structure of my mug to life, and gave my mug more resemblance to a llama. I also think that I chose a good color for the inside of my mug. I wanted a soft color to compliment the cute appearance of my mug, and I think choosing pink to match the ears of my llama worked out really well!
If I were to create this piece again, I would have glued together my mug differently. When my mug exploded in the kiln I used hot glue to put the pieces back together. However, I didn't take enough time mapping out where each piece connected before hand, and ended up not being able to insert pieces I had because I glued my mug together in the wrong order. I also could have applied to glue more neatly so that the seams wouldn't have been as visible. To finish off my mug once it was fired in the kiln, I started by gathering all the exploded pieces and using hot glue to put the pieces back together. Once the mug had most of the pieces glued back together, I used a concrete powder and water mixture to fill in the remaining holes. I did this by using my finger to apply blobs of the mixture to the holes, covering them. I then let my concrete dry over time and used sandpaper to smooth out the concrete. Finally, I used acrylic paint to color my mug and really bring it to life! I painted the entire mug except the inside and face one color, and then added paint to the same mix of paint I used for the body to create a lighter and darker tone that I would use for the face and hooves. I mixed pink paint to use for details in the ear and the inside of the mug.
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