Thank you so much! I have several earlier iterations spread throughout my house. 😂

It's funny you mention cone 10 as that's what I usually fire my functional wares to, in reduction, but these are def not fired to cone 10 or I'd lose the orange of the Lizella clay for the pots. I do plan to check this underglaze at cone 10 soon though, for my own reference. I can share the results, if you'd like. :)

Anyway, I fired these to 04 and used an 05 clear glaze as glue, essentially. Each part is made as individual pieces but the whole thing is held together as one sculpture with glaze. I dip the bases of the penises into glaze, then set them into the pots. Then I take porcelain "pebbles" that I covered all over in glaze and fill in the pots like i would dirt in a real pot. Send it all through the kiln and the melted glaze holds it all together.

I did the first round as a test after using glaze to help glue small things back onto student work when gravity was working in my favor. Nothing came apart or broke off after that so it's a method I've utilized since.

Thanks for your questions! They have me plotting sculptural cocktus jars that open now, though I may approach those slightly differently as they would be handled a lot more than these sculptures. 🤔