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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The Last Firing!

So last firing, I did not unload it and was out of state. So I am finally getting to look at my new stuff.

Black Slip noodle bowl, with Honey over it.






Very shallow bowl.  Orange Street, with a dip of Honey lower right.



White slip noodle bowl, with Honey over it.



A series of bottles.





And sadly... my pitcher.  It is my only kiln death.  Glaze ran, broke pot trying to get it off the shelf.  Sad, as this pitcher was well balanced and poured very well.




Monday, September 22, 2014

Just a Quick Look..

Just a quick look at the recent work.  I did not get pictures of everything.
This is the start of making bowls of Empty Bowls.  I have been making bowls, at as of this post I am at 21.

I also, with help, trimmed the bowls of others and such.  



Now, I am throwing between 25# and 30# in a session, as long as I have time.  So energy wise, I can do 30#. My goal is actually 100# within a days work. So 6 hours or less.

Here is a chalice I made. I threw the cup portion, and then the stem. I hollowed up the stem, and attached them.  Making it even was a pain in the ass. But there it is.

6" tall., about 2.5" wide (last part is a guess).


Now at the end of my throwing two days ago, I took the odds and ends of bags that others had left behind. This white clay is a white midfire from Contiental Clay. It was donated for Empty Bowls.

I do not know the weight of this bowl. But it is 6.5" high and 10.5" wide.  My guess, maybe 8 or 9 pounds?




And finally some of my own work.  I slipped this noodle bowls with white slip and did some designs. 




The bowls are just shy of 7" wide.


And lastly, during the "art bash", which is second sundays, I have been doing throwing demos. Last one the weather was good, finally.  But... it dried my bottles out. The one started to crack. I dipped it in white slip and then again in black. This may not work, but worth a try.  This slip looks chocolate brown here, but once it is fired up to ^6, it turns black.

I also did a few bowls with black slip for designs as well.




Saturday, September 13, 2014

Quick turn around..

So I bisqued on Monday, I unloaded and glazed and glaze fired. I unloaded on Friday. Then  I took all the new pots to the market!

I lost a few big bowls due to cracks in bisque. I think I just need to trim the bottoms thinner to fix this problem.  They dried very well, that is not the issue.

I did not get good pictures of every single pot, but here is a sample.




The vase is not mine, it is Laura's. We put flowers in it to help sell at market today.





So far, I am getting the most purchases from various sizes of noodle bowls, and from larger bowls in general.  Mug sales are very random, and folks are not interested in plates.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Everything is fired!

So everything is fired basically, that could be fired.  I have things drying that will bisque in a few days.  One drawback, someone loaded the manual kiln for a glaze fire. I fired it off, but on second thought this was not a great idea.  the glaze work I am doing needs a more controlled cooling.  I am betting I will have to do some re-firing. But, that is only like three pieces.

The rest was done in this firing.  You can see Orange Street.  We did some testing and found it needs to be on thick to create the orange look, you can see some of this variation.

Also in this firing you can see some of my slip work, this is done with honey.  Given the various levels of iron in my clay you see some different levels of depth to the color.















Monday, September 1, 2014

Productive Day

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So I visited the classes at the University today, there were two classes. I explained the Empty Bowls Project as well as our open studio set up.  So hopefully we will get a lot of participation.

Here is my work the past two days. Still drying so nothing is ready to trim yet nor is it dry enough for a handle on the pitcher.



This bowl is 6.5" tall and 10.5" wide



These are 2.5#, and will have a large foot.


These are 1.5#, will be rounded off with no foot.



I did not measure this pitcher. I just grabbed the clay I had left in the bag and did this.  I already pulled the handle, it is sitting and drying as well. I will connect them tomorrow.