Plans change. The studio was uncomfortably hot due to the weather. Too much sweat rolling off the brow to be throwing. The bisque firing mid week didn’t help. Workdays became short periods of activity punctuated by long breaks. It’s just […]
I thought today would be the day I posted my first videos to the blog. It hasn’t worked out that way. I’ve created shorts of throwing a mug form and attaching a handle but have yet to work out how […]
Three hundred grams of porcelain throws into a fair sized mug. The interior volume of some is as much as their four hundred gram counterparts from a week ago. I’m getting more from less as I scale down like when […]
Throwing the mug forms has become a consistent routine. I take a 400 gram ball of porcelain and centre it on a plaster bat. Then open, compress the bottom and raise the walls in two or three pulls. Trim the […]
The kiln load I was waiting to see last week was a mixed bag of results. The mugs were a disappointment. The cobalt free grey scale can be pretty dreary on a larger surface. Left them in the kiln to […]
Twenty assorted mugs and tumblers were taken through their sequence of glazing, waxing and more glazing. Another square meter or so of mosaic tile was covered with the rotting grey glazes and odds and ends of different polymer mixes. Didn’t […]
A convergence of rotting glaze with a glut of used firing cookies inspired me to add to the growing stockpile of mosaic tile, a side project of the past seventeen years. I’ve been glazing the vitrified cookies instead of throwing […]
I am going to allow the images to do all the talking about the glaze and decal firings this week. The Spring Sale at Stoneware Gallery opens Thursday at 5:00 P.M. Looking to have this and last week’s work priced […]
Ten small sets of tumblers were glazed and fired this week. Six of those sets were given laser toner cat decals and fired again. Exploring the five shades of grey, the bold contrast of the black with the white and […]
The glaze surgery performed last week payed off. No evidence left of the encrusted black. Some glaze bleeding as expected when re-firing. The contrasting surfaces of the rosy pink tell a story. The smooth and shiny can give way to […]
