I'm still trying to stay motivated to keep up the making process. It's a bit of a struggle but since I've focused on sprig molds for custom decorating, I'm looking at mug decorating a bit differently now. Instead of using glaze layering and the kiln to do the heavy lifting, so to speak, I'm searching for new shapes to make into small molds. The Roman lion mold came from a clay impression I made from a metal sun dial. I plan to use a dark glaze as a stain just on the lion decoration. The rest of the mug will get the usual 3 coats of brushed on glaze....colors are still to be determined.
