add fire pottery

warm kiln

2010-02-21T12:19:00.000-08:00

It took a while to get some of these in the kiln but it finally happened. The fire could have been reduced a bit more. A nice cone 10 though. These are mostly shino's in this fire with a few blue cups which are not shown. The small pots in front are made from recycled trimmings. They make a nice combo, the white clay giving the consistency and the red and black giving some wonderful characteristics.

2010-02-08T14:09:00.000-08:00

These are a series of cups I am making for an old friend. Not that he is old but he has known me for some time.
I took a bunch of recycled clay which was a mix of b-mix and some red clay. It really makes a nice working clay.
A few properties from the B-mix and some from the rich iron from the red. next I plan to glaze these with a Shino.
Not sure what yet but since I have many of these I have several options.

pulled not pressed

2010-01-17T20:49:00.000-08:00

My new handles are turning out quite nice. The feel of a handmade handle is very different than one made by machine.
One of the nice things about pottery. In the last couple of weeks I have made a series of cups from a clay called 570. A very white clay that will produce some beautiful blues. These may get i the fire in the next few weeks.

new year cups

2010-01-03T10:02:00.000-08:00

Hello and happy New Year everyone! I decided to make at least a weekly attempt to blog my activities concerning pottery.
I am currently working in the area of ceramics and thought it might be interesting to log my adventures. This will include images as well as any comments.

In the past year I was working with a variety of espresso type cups. These cups were made with the famous Shino glazes that were developed in Japan several centuries ago. I love the earthy character of these glazes. The example on the left is called called a carbon trap glaze. The sheen is really nice and I am lucky when I am able to get it. The other small cup I call moab- it really captures the area in Southern Utah. I will post some images from my last art fair and my future art fairs in that part of the country....