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Cups from the First Half (of 2016)

Here is a selection of cups from early 2016.

Let’s start small:

shot cups

shot cups

The cup on the left is Amaco Buff Stoneware. On the right is Standard 182 clay. A new and exciting effect but it crazes like… crazy…

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Mugs from the First Half (of 2016)

I’ve fired the kiln a couple times so far in 2016 with good results for the most part. All mugs are wheel thrown stoneware fired to cone 6.

mugs

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Chris Gustin Workshop at Notre Dame

Chris Gustin Workshop

The stars aligned perfectly.

The fine folks at Notre Dame offered a free workshop featuring Chris Gustin on April 5th and 6th. Ordinarily I would have missed this fine opportunity. Or I would have had to take a personal day (or two!) from teaching but this workshop happened to be right in the middle of my spring break.

So Tuesday morning I packed my bag and set out for Notre Dame. I parked off campus and made the 10 minute walk to Riley Hall. As I came in the door, I found Bill Kremer coming down the stairs. He pointed me to the ceramics area.

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Top Pots of 2015

stoneware mugs

If you were keeping score at home, I struck out more times than Michael Jordan playing baseball when it came to keeping my blog updated in 2015. So I’ll show you a few of my favorite pots from the entire year here in one post. To see more selected work from 2015 click here.

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Atmospheric Firing Results

I got a few of my pots into soda and wood firings last year with some good results.

Soda Fired Pots

We fired the #troyandmoeshow soda kiln just before the Michiana Pottery Tour and unloaded for some of the guests. I got a few pots in and some decent results came out.

soda cup

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