Saturday, January 18, 2014

Feelin' "Spoony"

 
 
 
 
These won't fit in your mother's spoon holder. Each piece, hand crafted in porcelain, carefully dried and refined, is ready for bisque and then glaze. But what would taste good from a porcelain spoon?
 
 






Watch for more excitement from food lifters in coming weeks.







And what's happening here? Something totally unexpected!
But it all takes time.
Patience.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Low-Fire Salt Sculptures

We did a low-fire salt load about a week ago. Here are pictures of the sculptures I had in the firing. Each turned out so different. I love the energy that comes from the salt and flames!
 



 

Memories

 
Steve offers pictures of a "5 minute challenge" from a class long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. Brannon's Blue over Kathy's White with cigarette ash glaze. Only 15 years ago, Cindy Howe was torturing beginning pottery students with this task, among many others. We're glad you stuck with it, Steve!
 
 

 

Monday, March 18, 2013

Friday, March 8, 2013

New Stuff

We have class tomorrow but a foot of snow may postpone the next exciting adventure for a week. Meanwhile, here's a picture of Esther's cone 6 creations and one of my latest sculptures.

 

Saturday, March 2, 2013

March Madness

 
 
 
Back to class after 2 weeks off. Found out the low-fire salt kiln is working and ready for testing in a few weeks...or sooner. Also used a little mica to liven things up on the ferric pieces. It's subtle but we will pump up the volume as the weeks go on.
 
 
It may only be mica but it's gold to us!

Little shimmer of gold upper right.

You can catch glimpses of the mica