Attempting--and failing--to mimic one of the ocean's many beauties.It was fun trying.
Abalone shell: Sculpture mix; pit-fired.
(The darker red coloring came from kelp I'd picked up on Ocean Beach and had placed against the form in the pit. The lighter red coloring may have come from some of the chemicals tossed down into the pit during the firing, and some may have come from the fumes of that kelp we'd put into the pit.)
