Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Little red dish


Just a little dish I made that has turned into my cat's "mooching" dish. Kitty gets to use this little dish when she wants a little piece of cheese or a bigger piece of turkey from my bigger dish. The glaze is Coyote's Cherry Satin with Toshi Brown overlapping on the edge and down the side. I like that satin finish and the fact that it is not an "even" red. That could be because I brushed it on instead of dipping and some areas were inevitably thicker than others. I tried to get kitty to look up and show off her pretty blue eyes but the turkey was much more important.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving to all

Nothing like a ceramic turkey from the 1960's to decorate my Thanksgiving table. I have been working on clay but posting has eluded me. I hope to remedy that once Turkey day is done but before Christmas is upon us. Oh holidays, holidays!!! It gets more difficult as time passes to get family together to eat a meal together so that alone, is something that I am thankful for. Not to mention a bounty of food. My family and I have much to be thankful for and I hope the same for you. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

A vase with a twist

This is one of those pieces that had been sitting on my black shelf in the bisqueware condition for quite a while. When I was learning on the wheel, I had a knack of getting an upper area of the pot to twist without collapsing. This wasn't exactly on purpose at first.  I really liked the look of that twist but I wasn't sure about the best glazes needed to accentuate it. Coyote shino breaks to rust quite reliably when applied thin, so that's what I used. A little Iron Saturate on the lip and in the upper part of the twist made it even darker and a bit rougher where the glaze ran. The black is C.W. Wolf Plum. How do you like the backdrop for this pot? I found some beautifully weathered barn boards that I thought would work for this purpose once I brushed off the old spider webs and spiders. The boards themselves have such a great look, I have to make sure they don't look better than my pottery.