Friday, June 19, 2009

Pottery ...

I fired the kiln this week and this morning was the "opening" morning. I used just 2 glazes in this firing. Pictured are a few of my favorite pieces from todays kiln opening. The washbowl/pitcher is really a small sink bowl with the pitcher... they were just combined for the photo.

I sampled several new glazes on small test tiles, and was hoping to have new great glazes to use in the next firing. With the exception of a new white glaze, I don't think I'll reuse any of the sample glazes that was tried. Looking for new glazes is kind of like that old saying of finding a prince.. have to kiss a lot of frogs!

2 comments:

  1. Very nice! How did the shepherds come out?

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  2. The shepherd is in the other kiln awaiting the first firing, then I'll have to decide how to glaze it.. so it will probably be a bit before i figure that out. The pitcher in the picture was made 2-1/2 years ago when I was first learning.. so there's definitely a long turn around time here from start to finish!! lol. Hope all is well your way!

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