Our clay owls had to dry out for three weeks before they were ready to go in the kiln. After they had been fired and cooled down, we painted them with white undercoat.
When the undercoat was dry, we started to paint on feathers. However some people decided they wanted to paint the owls gold instead so that they looked more like Henry Moore's bronze sculptures. We had a vote, and it was extremely close: 15 for bronze spray paint and 12 for painted feathers. Twelve people were disappointed at the time, but everyone was amazed when they saw the bronze owls, glowing softly in the watery winter sun on Monday morning,
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