Drippy Soup Bowls

At the fundraiser, I noticed that people were looking for "his" and "her" soup bowls. So even though no two bowls will be identical, I have decided to give myself the challenge of making some bowls as similar as possible. Colonial White glaze over Brown Mottled makes for nice drippy rims on this pair.

Mug of many glazes

From bottom to top, the glazes are, Burnt Orange, Iron Red, Brown Mottled, Colonial White and a drizzle of Catalina Crackle in the middle.

4 new glazes

The Draper Senior Center's soup bowl fund raiser was so successful this past November, we are already planning for this November. Since we will be making 100 bowls this time around, we need a good supply of glazes. And that is what I recently ordered. Its almost like Christmas again! It is great to discuss other glazes and all things pottery with other potters because that is where I learned of Seattle Pottery Supply and their glazes. (You would never know how good their glazes are from their web site images, however.) Upper left and continuing clockwise is Mottled Dark Blue, Shadow Green, Burnt Orange and Brown Mottled. They are very paintable and stable at cone 5/6 although all but Shadow Green can be fired at 04. More tests to be done, always! The overlaps show potential for color variations. The random spots and rim are Laguna's Colonial White which I find plays nicely with others. Lol. This is more fun than I should be allowed to have. Now to make more bowls.

Completed

More glazes used on a piece, the better. The exterior body glaze is chun red, interior is colonial white. The lip has bands of shadow green and iron red which I paint on the upper portion of the pot knowing they will run a little. I find that when I layer glazes from other manufacturers I get more interesting results than when I stick with the same company. Laguna, Standard Ceramics and Seattle Pottery Supply glazes work well together. More on Seattle Pottery and soup bowls in the next post.

Time to catch up

I have been meaning to get this mug glazed, fired and gifted months ago. But sometimes there are not enough hours in a day. So sometimes, Christmas extends into January.

No tree left behind

I believe every tree in Draper City Park was wrapped with lights of every color. Instead of bringing in an evergreen to decorate, they used every deciduous tree they could find. The photo doesn't do it justice but I had to share.

Mug shot!

I had the most difficult time getting a good photo of this very glossy green mug....Shadow Green glaze accented with Iron Red. This photo has the most realistic color rendition so I went with that. I like the shadow and light shimmers even though they may be a bit distracting from the subject matter.