Draper Arts and Crafts Festival

Time flies no matter what and I can hardly believe that the last time I blogged was in January.....oooops. The photo is a small sampling of the pottery I will be selling at the Draper Arts and Crafts Festival. It's happening Saturday, May 9 at Draper Park, for those Utahns looking to attend a fun event. Since I am a hobby potter and not into production pottery, I have more "one of a kind" pieces which makes my booth unique. I do struggle with getting my act together but I am probably not alone there. It's a good challenge for me and last year, I enjoyed meeting customers and the other vendors. Not to mention the thrill of selling something I made. That's why I'm back again this year!

Cookie jar

A while ago, I made some pieces that stayed in the bisque-fired stage for a very long time. I got stuck! I just wasn't sure how to glaze them. Initially, on this particular piece, I wasn't sure how to treat the medallions on the sides. I wanted them to be noticed but not so different they would look separate. Finally, I pushed past that and used multiple layers of multiple glazes. Adding bands of glazes around the medallions and around the whole piece successful solved my problem. I did make sure that one of the glazes I selected would be runny so as to pull down the sides and blend a bit. Seattle Pottery's Shadow Green, cone 5/6 does that job as long as you put on multiple layers. Now that I've got a "plan", I will be able to complete four more of my old bisqueware pieces and clean off the shelf.

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!