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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Next run was going to... but...

Ok so this was part of the next run. I was bad about doing pictures this time, this is only a few of the bowls and I totally did not get pix of them decorated, but I did a similar slip design using white, red or blue. 

However, I did a large chunk of clay (for me) at 4# with the intent of throwing off the hump to create a sake set or two... but I got the whole thing centered so quickly well....




So I threw a large bowl and then another one, which you can see here.
All of this, as of this posting, is sitting on the bisque shelf. So once everything is fired I will finally get to glazing all of these things.

I still want to do my sake set.  Oh and I just finished my tattoo but I need it to heal before I do a run of plates, since I use my forearm to do that ;-)

Next Run



Slip Ware in action, you can see it wet and then on the shelf awaiting bisque fire.  The new slip trailer is a great set up, no complaints...

Friday, January 18, 2013

Quick small batch of pots












On the run... I made it to the Cup & Bowl and knocked out a few pots during the day.  You can also see how I trimmed them at home.  Finally, you can see some slip decoration.

Slip Ware in the Making








So what you see is porcelain slip.  I slaked this, mixed it, and here you see it being run through the sieve.  You can also see mason stains and finally you see my Gatoraide collection of slip, all stored air tight.  The small bottle (pink) is cobalt carbonate which turns blue.  the large white is simply clean porcelain, and the green and rose are mason stains. Not sure how dark they will actually fire but they are true to color.

Now you also see the "guilty parties" I mean my helpers. Those two dogs are the ones that broke into the studio and spread around my last batch of mason stains, leading me to have to purchase more.

I also got new slip trailers, so I addressed the issue I had with the original.  Pots are on the way!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A real quick training...

So I was just given a very very quick training on how to use the extruder.  This can lead to more "art" type projects along with the tile work i want to do but never follow through on.

But most importantly it can make really big coils
Really Big Coils means I can make large, and I mean large, pots. 

Large like measure the kiln to make sure we can fire it large!!

I am so ready....

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

A workshop in Taos

I think I am going to go to this. Below is the main website and below that is the registration form link if anyone is interested.

http://www.loganwannamaker.com/studiophotos/workshops/?utm_source=Copy+of+Copy+of+Email+Created+2012%2F10%2F24%2C+12%3A48+PM&utm_campaign=newsletter+1&utm_medium=email

SODA GLAZING AT CONE 6 : May 27th-June 1st : $385 

http://www.loganwannamaker.com/uploaded-files/workshopregistrationform.pdf

REGISTRATION


Enrollments for our workshops are limited and early registration is recommended.We require full tuition, and a $25 non-refundable registration fee for enrollment. Registration is non-transferable. There will be a $50 fee to switch from one workshop to another, space permitting, within 30 days of the original workshop.

All workshops run from 10-5 each day with a break for lunch. There will be a slide show the prior evening of each workshop at 5pm. The slide shows are free and open to the public. Stop by Taos Clay to see pottery for sale by each of the artists through out the summer.

Participants are encouraged to work in the studio after or before a workshop begins, as well as in the evenings during the workshop. A list of lodging options is available per request.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Pair of Bowls..

So you can see the work from today. I did pairs of bowls, three different forms.  You can see the slab work.  It is resting on plaster bats.  They are not badly chewed, but the dogs got to them as well as my mason stain.  Not happy about that crap but I'll live. They "ate" my foam pad which I use to do slab work with other forms, so no press plates today.






As always with hand built forms based on a hump or slump method, it has to sit and dry on the form. So right now, it is one at a time...

Today was...

 A mixed bag. Struggling with some things I won't post here. But throwing was nice. The wood burning stove makes it nice, outside is horribly cold!!  I love throwing with warm (ok actually very hot) water.

Here you can see the reclaim I pulled out before Christmas to dry up a bit.  It is very soft, but throwable soft.  Good for small things and plates.  I really need to make some plates!!



Zeke's white clay needs to be brought into the house, it is 100% frozen.

Slip and such


 So here are these bowls again, but now they are at home. The pink you see is the cobalt carbonate in the porcelain slip which will make it blue (you saw this at Christmas). So here I am mixing the slip, and then running it through an 80 mesh to make it smooth.  I then put it in the new slip trailer that is now officially demoted.  You can see the abstract decoration I put on the bowls.





My issue, the slip trailer does not allow me to put slip in unless it is very very liquid, which is exactly what I do not want out of a slip. So, I will find a new slip trailer set up. But this one, well I will use it for the addition of small decorative marks with glaze. So not a total waste.










Here you can see my attempt to slow dry as porcelain is so picky compared to my groggy clay.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

New Stuff...












Amazingly look at all of this.

That shot of the wheel was done BEFORE is cleaned, yup I actually threw that clean!!  What a shift.

The bowls you see are .... porcelain.  Ya, ya I know.  I hate the stuff, I rage... but look!!  I had no dead pots or anything!