Breaks Over

The soup bowl event was very successful but I was too lazy to blog about it. I took a needed break and now the holidays are here. The mug is a gift which will be mailed out very shortly. I've layered three different Seattle pottery glazes. One is runny and pulls the others with it, which is exactly what I want. The vase below that is a test of all the Coyote Clay glazes that I have. I put 2 bands on the rim with the hopes of finding that special winning combination. Some pleasant results but I won't be giving out any gold stars.

It's that time of year- Utah Soup Bowl Event

For all ages.

Last of the flowers in new vase

Enjoying one more bouquet from the garden before the weather gets cold. The vase has a Seattle Pottery turquoise glaze with a black glaze of my own concoction, overlapping. The second glaze firing gave me the look I was after.

Muffin Keeper is a keeper

I had made this piece at least 2 years ago but couldn't figure out how to glaze it. In fact it has an old stamp I used to use. The knob had popped off in the bisque firing but it was a clean break. Well I finally had a glaze combination that worked for me. I used layers of 3 different Seattle Pottery glazes with an Iron Red accent glaze. I knew the glaze would run, but I never know exactly how much. I put a little glaze under the knob and that attached it back to the lid. This kiln god got it right.....embrace the drippiness!

A set of four

Every time I've made a set of bowl, something goes wrong with the fourth bowl. So it's about time that I finally got a good matching set of four bowls (the fourth bowl is holding up the third bowl). Shapes are almost identical, nothing cracked, glaze didn't fail and glaze is random but similar. I made sure I placed all bowls in the middle of the kiln. I used Seattle Pottery Supply glazes....mottled blue over mottle brown. Poured on, not brushed. Yeah!

Never enough bowls

Soup/salad bowls drying in the furnace room with a fan. The large bowl is my second attempt at a 3 pound bowl. I need to go larger next time but it will do for now.

Small and detailed

These small pendants get a loop of Kanthal A1 annealed 16 gauge wire shortly after they are formed. This allows me to hang them for glazing. I started making little things when I first got into working in clay and I like to return to it. Even though it is 90+ degrees F outside, I do need to start working on Christmas items. Difficult to wrap my mind around that.