Here is a selection of cups from early 2016.
Let’s start small:
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…
Cups from the First Half (of 2016)
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.
Chris Gustin Workshop at Notre Dame
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.
Top Pots of 2015
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.
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.
