Reaction
Sarah tapped a pencil against her teeth as she read over her notes. She had a set of items that she’d been testing glazes on in an attempt to replicate an effect she’d seen at a recent expo. She was fairly certain it was just heavily layered glazes that bled into each other when fired, but until her work came out of the kiln, it was still guess work.
Bishop had picked up a masking fluid applicator that he was testing and Sarah was just as curious to see how his test pieces fired.
“The turquoise is pleasing.” Jareth tilted his head and admired a spreading blot of colour. “It shimmers between blue and green.” He held up the bottle to admire the swirl of colour. “There’s an interesting metallic sheen too.”
“I don’t disagree that it’s gorgeous, but it’s only going to work at a small scale.” Rook swiveled the paper around. “Add some more, let’s see how it layers.”
Sarah grinned as the pair made appreciative noises at the mess they were creating. She had no doubt that it would find its way into their art process in some manner.
Everyone who’d attended the expo had returned with something. Whether that was a haul of yarns, fabrics, patterns and tools, an astoundingly vast array of fox themed merchandise or just inspiration to try an existing technique in a different way.
For all the creativity that had followed them Underground, Sarah was certain that Jareth had expanded the horizons of many of those Above. She had assumed that he’d been handing out prize tokens to random children, but he had been carefully matching interests to artisans. This had resulted in further sales, but he insisted that those choices would ripple further. A girl who selected a bracelet, would go on to take up an interest in beading. The boy who was delighted at a pufferfish toy, would teach himself how to crochet.
Sarah just hoped these newly awakened hobbies could find a way to fund themselves or the children’s mothers may well end up cursing the devilishly handsome gentleman who had handed their offspring a prize token and enticed them into the future of a never ending demand for art and craft supplies.
“How do you reckon the layering will turn out?” Sarah asked Bishop as he doodled stylised lines that looked surprisingly organic.
“I think the browns are going to be disappointingly pale, but the blue and green will be interesting.” He nodded to Jareth’s ink experimentation. “If it fires well, a peacock blend has potential.”
Sarah nodded. “Yeah, I can see that being popular. I’d love to get the same with a red and orange, but,” she trailed off.
“Reds are tricky,” Bishop finished.
Yet again Sarah wished that glazes could be as clear cut as the pigments that Jareth worked with, but that would take the fun and anticipation out of working through her experiments. She would need to ask Thadie if she had any suggestions.
labyfic — drabble #264: gentleman
Part of the Balance!verse
Bishop had picked up a masking fluid applicator that he was testing and Sarah was just as curious to see how his test pieces fired.
“The turquoise is pleasing.” Jareth tilted his head and admired a spreading blot of colour. “It shimmers between blue and green.” He held up the bottle to admire the swirl of colour. “There’s an interesting metallic sheen too.”
“I don’t disagree that it’s gorgeous, but it’s only going to work at a small scale.” Rook swiveled the paper around. “Add some more, let’s see how it layers.”
Sarah grinned as the pair made appreciative noises at the mess they were creating. She had no doubt that it would find its way into their art process in some manner.
Everyone who’d attended the expo had returned with something. Whether that was a haul of yarns, fabrics, patterns and tools, an astoundingly vast array of fox themed merchandise or just inspiration to try an existing technique in a different way.
For all the creativity that had followed them Underground, Sarah was certain that Jareth had expanded the horizons of many of those Above. She had assumed that he’d been handing out prize tokens to random children, but he had been carefully matching interests to artisans. This had resulted in further sales, but he insisted that those choices would ripple further. A girl who selected a bracelet, would go on to take up an interest in beading. The boy who was delighted at a pufferfish toy, would teach himself how to crochet.
Sarah just hoped these newly awakened hobbies could find a way to fund themselves or the children’s mothers may well end up cursing the devilishly handsome gentleman who had handed their offspring a prize token and enticed them into the future of a never ending demand for art and craft supplies.
“How do you reckon the layering will turn out?” Sarah asked Bishop as he doodled stylised lines that looked surprisingly organic.
“I think the browns are going to be disappointingly pale, but the blue and green will be interesting.” He nodded to Jareth’s ink experimentation. “If it fires well, a peacock blend has potential.”
Sarah nodded. “Yeah, I can see that being popular. I’d love to get the same with a red and orange, but,” she trailed off.
“Reds are tricky,” Bishop finished.
Yet again Sarah wished that glazes could be as clear cut as the pigments that Jareth worked with, but that would take the fun and anticipation out of working through her experiments. She would need to ask Thadie if she had any suggestions.
labyfic — drabble #264: gentlemanPart of the Balance!verse