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PBL and Boberosa Mugs

So… Back at the blog. I’m finally getting some photos of recent mugs uploaded. I had a pretty successful glaze fire on March 18th containing mostly logo mugs and a few other random items. All wheel thrown cone 6 stoneware.

PBL Mugs

These are all larger mugs, more “stein like” really.  All had Saturated Iron poured inside and dipped at the top while the rest of the outside was dipped in Pam’s Blue (both Coyote glazes). I really like this combination and apparently other people do too.

PBL Mugs - Handle Detail
PBL Mugs – Handle Detail
PBL Mugs - Black Logos
PBL Mugs – Black Logos
PBL Mugs - Brown and Black Logos
PBL Mugs – Brown and Black Logos

PBL Mugs - Brown Logos
PBL Mugs – Brown Logos
PBL Mugs - Brown Wash Logos
PBL Mugs – Brown Wash Logos
PBL Logo Closeup
PBL Logo Closeup

PBL Logo Detail
PBL Logo Detail

I took the liberty of trying different options on the logos. I used brown and black washes on some, all brown on some, black wash on a pair and the Saturated Iron glaze on the rest. The washes came out a variety of ways. A few seemed more purple than brown, maybe too thick or too thin? But the logos with the washes seem more defined than the logos with the glaze.

Boberosa Mugs

Boberosa bare clay logo
Orange with bare clay logo
Boberosa - orange and black logo
Boberosa – orange and black logo
Boberosa variants - orange and black logo
Boberosa variants – orange and black logo

Boberosa brown
Boberosa brown

Again, I tried a few different options. Some mugs have Orange glaze over black wash in the logo imprints. I also did some bare clay logos with black or brown washes.

 PBL Experiments

PBL Short Mugs
PBL Short Mugs
PBL Short Mugs - All Blue
PBL Short Mugs – All Blue
PBL Short Mugs - Red, White
PBL Short Mugs – Red, White

I didn’t have enough Sapphire Blue glaze so I tried some different glaze combinations with glazes such as Really Red, Pam’s Blue, Alabaster Satin, Peacock Green and the black and brown washes.

A Few Misc. Items

Glaze Experiments on Large Mugs
Glaze Experiments on Large Mugs
Saturated Iron Glaze Experiments
Saturated Iron Glaze Experiments
Small Stoneware Pendants
Small Stoneware Pendants

Tumblers - Glaze Experiments
Tumblers – Glaze Experiments
West Noble Large Mugs
West Noble Large Mugs
Sunburst Yarn Bowl
Sunburst Yarn Bowl

A few miscellaneous items to fill the rest of the kiln including a yarn bowl and some pendants. A local customer found my website and asked if I would make her some custom pendants for aroma therapy purposes. I’ve made ornaments that were very similar so I said I would give it a shot. They were pretty quick and easy to make. Except I ruined a few trying to get the hole at the top and glazing each one with a brush was a little tedious. Maybe next time I’ll wax the backs and put some fishing line through the holes so I can dip them. The lady really liked how they turned out and bought 12 of them. Hopefully they work well for the aroma therapy.

I’ve got about 6 more WN large mugs and 6 PBL short mugs to glaze with my new batch of Sapphire Blue. I’ve also been mixing some test glazes from the book Mastering Cone 6 Glazes. I’m hoping to get a glaze fire finished before I go back to school on Monday.

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