I have been experimenting with different combinations of colours under the Black Hole glaze. There are three coats of glaze brushed on in total as always. I have been layering different colours of glaze on top of each other for […]
I start any new batch of casting slip at the end of the day. First the water and the defloculent go into the barrel. Then the dry ingredients, lightest to heaviest. Then seal it with the lid and let it […]
The foot-inset-lid forms were more of a struggle than I imagined. I forget how imprecise I really am. Took a few days to get what I was after. Spent the rest of week making the final versions ready for mould […]
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks playing with blocks. It started with those three small square bowls. I just couldn’t put them away. I started by turning them on end as an upright container. An idea was born. Turn […]
A small project grew into something much bigger this week. I will tell you about it next post. Time to look at some of the recently fired plant pot sets. When I glazed the cylinder vases posted in January, I […]
There was enough oxide on hand to make one 500 gram batch of the additive for Black Hole. I’ve been using up random acrylic polymers I bought second hand locally. Something odd happened with the one I used this time. […]
I spent most of the week mixing and brushing glazes. Will be ready to start glaze firing in another day or two. Getting low on the right mesh sizes of polymer additive for Black Hole. Had to grind the coarser […]
Another week of slip casting, cleaning greenware and bisque firing. Not a lot of work space left. Wrapped up slip casting yesterday. Putting the handles on the last few cups today and then that’s it. Time for glazing and firing. […]
As you might have gathered from how I ended last week’s post, I finished up the larger under plate mould and that was it. There really is no room left in the studio for any more moulds until this group […]
It took a couple days to get the under plate for the small planter right. Made three copies of the mould. It seemed like a good idea to make a larger planter as well. I modified another found object by […]
