I wasn't able to pick up any more finished items today, but I was able to get into the kiln shed and peek into the locked cabinet, and see a number of my pieces. A plate which is very pretty, and a number of small leaf plates which turned out well. January, I guess.
In the meantime, I will post the remainder of what I have picked up so far, from the Fall session :
8) This little mug is thrown from 700g of B-Mix (white) clay. I experimented with highlighting the stamp marks with Deep Blue glaze, Black stain, and Tenmoku glaze. All three of them showed through nicely through the Ash Yellow glaze, but the glazes are a bit more distinct than the stain.
9) This mug is thrown from 800g of H440 brown clay, and stamped with my handmade floral / sunburst clay stamp. I glazed it Bamboo inside and out, but experimented with leaving the handle unglazed, along with the bottom, which shows the pattern from my wiggle wire. I like how the handle is smooth yet gritty, and I think I'll experiment with this again.
10) This little mug started as 700g of H440 clay. My notes say that I highlighted the hand stamped texture (alternating dots and feathery patterns - not very visible in this photo) with Deep Blue and Ash Yellow glazes. I then glazed it in White inside, and Daly Blue outside and overlapping half the inside. I like the soft lilac that emerges from the Daly Blue on White. I'll need to experiment more with this combination. The bottom part of the mug is unglazed, revealing the deeply speckled brown clay, and the wiggle wire bottom.
11) This mug was thrown back in July 2017, from 900g of B-Mix white clay. It is heavily stamped, and the stamp marks highlighted with Deep Blue, Tenmoku and Matt Green glazes, then the whole mug is sprayed in Celadon. It is the same glaze combination as
the platter in my prior post. A very satisfying combination for me.
12) My notes say that this 900g H440 brown clay handstamped mug was touched up Black stain, then glazed Bamboo, and Matt Green over. Pretty nice. I like the funky handle.
13) Just to mix it up, here is another totem piece from extruded B-Mix, with a touch of Kingsmill stain, and wax on the leaves, and then dipped in Tam's Green. But it seems I didn't mix up the Tam's Green again, as it turned out more gold/brown than green. But still very nice.
14) This leaf plate was created from a slab of B-Mix, with the imprint of an Oakleaf Hydrangea leaf, finished in Tam's Green (brushed) then sprayed Clear. The ladybug is of course finished with Red and Black underglazes. Very cute.
15) This grape design plate features the imprint of grape leaves from my garden. The "grapes" are finished in Red and Purple underglazes, and the leaf in Matt Green, before being sprayed Clear. I pushed two holes through the foot ring, so it could be wired and hung from the wall.
It's interesting, I met someone the other day who bought one of my platters last year, and they were still trying to figure out how to set it up on a stand for display. It had not occurred to me that someone would buy a platter and try to display it. So I should think more about providing a means for hanging them, just in case. Or sell them with a plate stand, if I could find some good strong ones.
16) This funky vase was thrown from H550 grey clay, and then I flattened one portion of it, to add a Red underglaze peony using a stencil I borrowed from my friend Roma. It is glazed White inside, and Flambe Red (our new replacement for the ill-behaving Copper Red) outside. I can't remember how I finished the stencil part, I must have glazed it clear there. But I didn't make a note of it at the time (I must have been in a rush).
17) This marbled pot was B-Mix (smaller stripes and cross at bottom) in H440 clay. It has a rolled / hollow rim, and is finished in Tam's Green, according to my notes. But it sure looks more like Ash Yellow than Tam's Green. Again, I must not have mixed it well that day. I think that was the day the Ash Yellow was very thick, so I was trying to dip it very quickly, and not stir it too much.
18) I've saved a number of pots from Fredi's Put a Lid on It course, since they were so much work, and I may save them for a wood or soda firing. This one is H550 grey clay finished in Ash Yellow and the new Daly Blue. I like the blue in the underside of the lid.
19) This platter cracked ever so slightly in the bisque firing (actually, I think it cracked as I was handling it subsequent to the firing), and I knew it could at best be an adornment to my garden, but I also thought it could look pretty spectacular, even if only for the garden. So I glazed it anyhow, with Tam's Green. It is just as spectacular as I had hoped, and will be happy to use it in the garden in the Spring. I will try again with this platter again next year.
I think that's it for anything I can post before Christmas, anyhow. But I'll look back on my notes, whether I missed anything.
