TOUCH OF THE SKY

Laurie Jo Jensen's Touch of the Sky in matte black pinto
#10301 Black Tobiano Limited Edition of 1000, released July 2004.

Laurie Jo Jensen's Touch of the Sky in matte black pinto
Test "arrow" black pinto.

Laurie Jo Jensen's Touch of the Sky in matte buckskin
#10302 Buckskin Limited Edition of 1000, released July 2004.

Laurie Jo Jensen's Touch of the Sky in Grulla glossy
#10303 Sold Out June, 2005 "Lakeshore Line" listmember exclusive SR of 15, glossy Grulla, by & photo courtesy of Karen Grimm/Black Horse Ranch.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Matte Medium Bay
# 10304 November, 2005 edition of 10 by Karen Grimm/Black Horse Ranch, exclusive to “Lakeshore Line” members - sold out.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Satin Gloss Black Tobiano
# 10305 new model introduced January, 2006 intended to be limited to no more than 300, but discontinued April, 2006 with only 11 made.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Satin Gloss Buckskin
#10306 Limited Edition of 300 (but less than 40 produced) with signed Letter of Authenticity, released January, 2006.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in OOAK Test Run
Blue Roan Pinto Low-Fire Special Run test.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Glossy Bay Dun
Created by Karen Grimm of Black Horse Ranch. Limited Edition of 20; released March 2007. Image courtesy of Karen Grimm of Black Horse Ranch.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Glossy Bay Dun
Image courtesy Stacy Adolf-Whipp.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Glossy Bay Dun
One of six without leg barring; image provided by Shay Canfield.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Honeyfoam Antique Crackle Art glaze
#10309 Laurie Jo Jensen’s “Touch of the Sky” in Honeyfoam Antique Crackle Art Glaze by George Robert Boothe; created 2007. Edition of 12.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Glossy Snowflake Appaloosa Buckskin
Custom glaze by Karen Grimm.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in blue roan pinto
Limited edition of 4 by Coreada Kelly of Alzahraa Egyptian stud; 2008.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in glossy rabicano blue roan pinto
10310 Glossy Rabicano Blue Roan Pinto by George Robert Boothe. Lakeshore 5th anniversary SR.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in glossy black
Glossy Black by George Robert Boothe. SR run of 12 #10311.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in glossy black blanket appaloosa
SR by Debbie Fritz. SR run of 12 #10312.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in glossy bay roan brindle
SR by George Robert Boothe. SR #10314.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky in Glossy Black
George Robert Boothe one of a kind test; Solid Jet Black Art Glaze; created 2007.

Laurie Jo Jensen’s Touch of the Sky, Art of Fire
Created 2007. Five different unique test pieces; these were not put into production due to cost.
By himself, “Verde Oceanic” has a fired Translucent White Art Glaze Base, with Tone over Tone iridescent Dark Green/Gold/Pink smoky mirror w/bright Sapphire Blue Neck & Head & in back, Tone over tone smoky iridescent pink & green.
Top shelf L/R are “Pistachio Green” & “Jungle Green”. Both show the characteristic “stone grain” art glaze feature of teeny, tiny little pin prick texture. “Pistachio Green” in front is ∏ Shiny Pearly Mirror Leaf Green & ∏ Shiny Copper & back has large patches of shiny pearly mirror leaf & mint green w/mirror copper patches. “Jungle Green” in front is shiny pearly mirror leaf green w/blue mirror shoulder, gold mirror head & in back has dramatic wild swirls of pearly mirror mint to dark green w/slate blue touches.
Bottom shelf L/R are “Verde Jade”, that started with a translucent white art glaze, and “Black Marinace” which has a black art glaze base. “Verde Jade” has large patches Forest Green w/Gold Mirror, small patches of pearl gold, blue & purple all on bright mirror copper & in back, Shiny swirled Aqua, Dark Blue & gold w/prismatic effects on bright shiny copper. “Black Marinace” looks like actual marble would if marble had mirror effects! Black, copper, gold, green & slate swirled all over.
Cindy describes these pieces: It’s common knowledge that there’s a high (typically 50%!) scrap/explode rate on “normal” Raku and I’ll no longer do any of the “double Raku’d” “White” & “Black” ones like “Anthracite”, “Frosted”, “Darth Vader”, “Black Honey” & “Grotto” (the last examples left, check the whole selection here) because, since they have to be glazed, fired, & burned twice, there’s DOUBLE the scrap rate, and cost so much to produce it would be stupid to add to the line if we want LS to stay in business! So he tried something completely different & experimental—glazing and firing with an art glaze, THEN using his Raku glaze over that, kiln firing, then FIRING BY FIRE! The result, which I just picked up, are 5 gorgeous test pieces on Laurie Jo Jensen’s “Touch of the Sky” (his favorite mold, and I’m pretty darned smittened by it, too!), that exhibit completely different effects from either “Art of Fire” OR the “Blacks & Whites”! 

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