September 13 - Catch up

I've been really busy lately as you can see by my neglect here.  Here's a quick catch up post to get us up to today.

I've been busy at work, busy making pots, and generally just running around in circles.

This Saturday is the 8th Annual Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational sale and my friends Hal and Corine are firing their wood kiln, so the day is going to be crazy fun.  I am so pleased to have been invited back to help with this firing after helping with the one in March.  It's a wonderful thing to be a part of and I wouldn't miss it for the world.

On to the last few days...

On 9/8 I started making some traditional shapes
to fire in the wood kiln.

On 9/9 I threw a rim on the larger pot,
but didn't like the way the other one was developing,
so I darted it and made a slab rim for it. 
It's a departure for me and I like it.

On 9/10 (and well into 9/11) I glazed a load of pots
that had been piling up since I missed some kilns.
It took me until 2:00 am, but I got them finished.

This is one of our spray booths.
It's great since they fold flat and store nicely.

My glazing caddy.

On 9/13 I started making some pots using loafers glory.
I thought it was time for a change to some lighter clay.
These pots should glaze differently since this clay
is missing all the iron in the clays I usually use.

I believe that catches us up to today.  Watch for the posts from my upcoming crazy Saturday!


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2010-05-30 Clayworks - Making with a vengence

I decided I needed to make some more creamer sets since they're fun to make and people seem to like them.  The last batch I made with earthen red and I thought I would like to try a lighter clay with some of our translucent glazes so I made these using little loafers.  Little loafers is a low fire version of loafer's glory.

After seeing Adrienne make them for years, I finally attempted an oval casserole and made a large one using the little loafers.  I am thinking about glazing it with our translucent amber and/or green.  We'll see how it develops.

After that, it was on to glazing some cone 10 pieces because the kiln was being loaded on 5/31.  Work, work, work.  It feeds the soul.

Little loafers creamer sets.

More playful sets.

The oval casserole with the lid slab upside down on top of it.

Glazed cone 10 pieces.

Ju-Ian glazing her work.

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