This is a 8 inch tall pitcher. The spout was handbuilt and added. The glaze is matte turquoise which always breaks nicely over texture, in this case carving.

The inside is rusty gloss.

It pours well with good cutoff. Good weight.

New work 4/30/15

Three garlic keepers. They are made from chocolate clay. The 2 on the left are glazed with studio oatmeal and the one on the right is glazed with studio shino. The inside is not glazed. They are all a bit heavy.



Continuing my bottle obsession. This one is made from Little Loafers and is glazed with Amaco celadon, Cobalt above and Sky below. There is some glaze overlap.

I don't like the abrupt color contrast. I would like to try this with Cobalt mixed with the white, Snow, and gradually alter the color.

This is one of my favorite pieces ever.

Ellen Buff clay with a dip in studio black. I waxed over the black on the lip and then dipped in studio glossy teal. The black interior looks nice. I did not do a good job of stopping at the line on the bottom. OR the teal could have moved downward a bit.

Next time- Dip in teal then all in black.

Carved vase

This was one of my tall thin pieces that was much too thick. I reduced the weight with carving. Amaco Iron Lustre, 4 coats, applied as the glaze.

Carved bowls

I finished 4 of these. One is glazed a bit differently but three are white over chocolate clay. The glazed is wiped away over the carved area leaving glaze in the carved lines.

Bottles

I recently decided to challenge myself to make some tall thin forms. I wanted the diameter to be less than my hand. I was using the chocolate clay which I really like with white glaze. The contrast is nice.The curved necks are features, not bugs.

My photography is not very good. I need a different drape.

More mugs

 These are Ellen Buff clay. I used Rusty Gloss inside both. Matte turquoise on one and Amaco Iron Lustre on the other. The Iron Lustre is quite pretty, breaks nicely with a color very similar to the rusty gloss, making them a good pairing.

Custard cups

These were made of Little Loafers clay and glazed with a variety of Amaco Celadon glazes.

Sky

Jade

Marigold

Wasabi

Cobalt

and Weeping Plum.







I have 3 more cups to glaze. I'm going to use a red celadon from Coyote and then made a purple and an orange blend.

Recent mugs

These were made in W-S and are Ellen Buff clay. Each will hold 12 oz of liquid. All of these have good drinking qualities with no drips and good cutoff. They are lightweight and well balanced.

I used Creme Brulee glaze inside all of them. I wouldn't do that again.

 I applied black slip to this one as greenware. Then glazed with blue celadon. Definite green tinge to the blue celadon/creme brulee overlap on the inner lip.

I applied white slip to this one as greenware, then glazed in blue celadon. The picture looks bluer than the actual cup.





























This is a new glaze, Strontium. Interesting, not beautiful. Some purple breaks.
































This is a closeup of the overlap between the Strontium and the Creme Brulee. It reminds me and others of peacock feathers.

I think the cup would have been better with a white inside but I don't know if I would have gotten the feather look.

Best glaze ever

I liked the overlap on the small bowl from a few days ago so much that I did a large bowl in it. It turned out quite lovely.

 Without direct light, the bowl looks black with blue dots scattered throughout.











In direct light and looking closely, the black is silver and gold. Just beautiful.

Bringing work home

It has been a few weeks since I got anything completed. Partly because of holiday closing and partly because of some traveling but finally some pieces have completed the cycle.

 #282 small bowl. The overlapped black on glossy teal makes a nice color.

 #280, covered dish with a slump lid. Lids have been my downfall. This one fits nicely in certain positions but not in all.

Amaco Celadon, Sky

Overall, I am happy with it. I like the size and shape. I'll keep working on lids.

#283, jewelry bowl. I am happy with the glaze. None of the holes filled in with glaze so my technique of scraping the glaze away seems to have worked. And I wanted the mottled look around the holes.