A Long Busy Day...

So some wrap up from the week.  This is the earring holder.  Holes punched to allow the posts to be put through.

And here is white slip on my black bowl. This is actually now in the bisque kiln.  I loaded a bisque at the end of the day. Everything I made from the prior week except the large black bowl made it in.

The start of my day, making some clay.  I did not weigh this but I estimate 25#-30# of clay.

So first, mugs.  The clay on the left was a bit to hard and I did not end up using it.  But I made mugs at 1.5# each.  I then selected two that will be part of a dinner set, slip designed them, first black slip and then white slip.   Finally I will pull handles tomorrow.

So these are plate, 3# each. This too is for the dinner set, but I made three so I have an extra.  I did an extra as plates are not always the safest thing to make, they like to crack. Again I did slip design, first black and then white.

Here we have bowls.  these are 2# each.  I made them a few different shapes and then selected the two for the dinner set.  I did not get a picture of the bowls with slip.

And finally we have the platter. Now this needs some explanation, as it was not totally thrown.  It was designed similarly to the dinner set, though it will be sold as a separate item.  First was a chuck of clay, I did not measure it, used to create a slab.  The cone of clay you see there is about 3.5# for throwing the sides.

Here you can see the slab, and some stamping of leaves was put on it.

Here you have the sides thrown, only walls, no bottom.

And then, when everything was a bit firmer, I cut off the walls and put it on top of the slab.  I slipped and scored to it would adhere.  I then cut around the walls to leave about 1/4# border that I later pushed in.

I added some handles.

And finally I added black and white slip work to complete the look.  I really should have measured it to show the size.  I will try to remember once I get it fired.

So everything is drying covered at the moment.  Tomorrow I will added handles and possibly by the end of the day trim bowls and plates.

Memorial Day Weekend...

So here are some mugs, 1.5# and then the handles, which I pulled.

We have a ton of glazes at this point. We also screened and cleaned up the residue glazes so they can be used.  So really, we need folks to work with what we have got going right now.  If for no other reason than to allow us to have some space in the glaze shed. But, there are a few glazes that get a lot of use.  Of those, three are low.  This is one of them, so I made some more.

Jessie will be the featured artist for June's 1st Friday.  Now I am pushing her to get with some of these boutique clothing stores to sell her jewelry.  In the meantime, I promised an earring holder.  I will punch holes in the flattened rim, so earrings can be hung off of there.

Bowl with a flattened rim.  My regular reclaim clay.

Similar bowl, also similar size but with Cassius, a black clay.  I am thinking some white slip trailing on the rim.

Large serving bowl, very wide.

Similar, but larger.

bird feeder..

This is wet.  It is thrown as a single closed form, then a knob added.  When leather hard, it will be opened and modified. The bottom will be trimmed a bit (I need a chuck), it is for hanging and not for standing up.

And here we have it the next day, I opened it.  It is still too wet to really clean. That will have to wait until it is leather hard.  I could have waited to open it, but this will allow the inside to dry faster.

A quick weekend update...

So I have not had a lot of time to get working but...

As a part of the Studio I hit the Wild West Fest.  Due to the way we were given the space, we did not pay but that meant we could not sell. So we did it as a advertisement gig.

And here is our "new" clear.  it works very well, Mikki has used it a lot. The one we had at Cup crawls very easily, this one does not.  So... tada, we are adopting this as the clear for the studio.  Now I need to see what we have left of the other one so we can make some of this!

Some quick lunch (raman) in a bowl I like for mine.

So today, after I ate, I got to throwing...

My throwing clothes.

Weighted out, and ready for throwing (I made this clay a few weeks ago.)

 A mug, I made six.

There are two other mugs (not a part of the six). This is part of a tea set.

Body of the tea pot.

single plate, for your tea bag and spoon.

Tea mug, with handle.  You can also see the other mugs in the background.

Tea pot.  Now, you can see I will need to touch up the slip.  And yes, the handle and spout are being supported up.  Tomorrow I will remove that and see if it is dry enough to support itself.  I am doing this because with the all being so very wet... it will dry together and seal very well.  That is the aim.  I could have covered and waited to handle everything tomorrow but I can't be sure I will have time.  I do not want to miss my window on these.