ceramics – Page 13

August Glaze Fire Results

I’ve got some images of pots from my August glaze fire. Below are some of my favorites:

: wheel thrown mugs

: textured blue cups

: stoneware berry bowl

: saturated iron vases

: mixing bowl with handle

: celadon blue mugs and vase

: barely blue yarn bowls

: barely blue word mugs

: barely blue berry bowl

All wheel thrown stoneware with cone 6 glazes. Mostly Celadon Blue and Saturated Iron by Coyote. You can check my Facebook Page for a few more pots.

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Ceramic Decals – First Attempt

ceramic decals

I learned a little bit about ceramic decals in the surface class I took this past summer at the Goshen Clay Artist’s Guild. During the class I spent most of my time working with the crystalline glazes and never got a chance to try the decals.

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Glaze Tests – Early Summer 2012

Finally…

I finally have some glaze test results from early summer. I decided if I was going to share them I may as well go all out and make them useful for anyone else that might be testing ^6 glazes in oxidation. If you click one of the six images below you should see the full-size, more readable images.

All base glazes are from the fabulous book: Mastering Cone 6 GlazesÂ (affiliate link).

High Calcium Semimatte Base 2

I’m interested in developing some semi-matte glazes to add a little surface variety to my work. Here are two groups of test tiles with the High Calcium Semimatte 2 from Mastering Cone 6 Glazes (pg. 89).

High Calcium Semimatte 2 Red Iron Oxide and Rutile

High Calcium Semimatte 2 Rutile and Red Iron Oxide

I was really impressed with these two groups of glazes. I plan to use at least a few of these in the future after some more testing. I have already tested this base glaze with some more colorant combinations. It should be noted that the first tile in the bottom image is the “Bone” glaze from the book and the third tile is “Raw Sienna” both mentioned on page 90.

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Early July Glaze Fire Results

Finally getting some images uploaded of the pots that I glaze fired at the beginning of the month!

: altered vases

: artbyfuzzy tags

: barely blue toothbrush holder

: barely blue vase

: blue berry bowl

: barely blue mugs

: blue pbl mugs

: blue stamped cups

: brown glaze test cups

: brown stoneware cups

: mugs with test glaze

: pam’s blue cups

: pam’s blue mug

: pam’s blue vases

: rusted cups

: sunset yarnbowl

: tiny clay sculptures

Not pictured are a handful of pots that will be re-fired to improve some glaze results that weren’t what I was hoping for. And one or two mugs that already have happy new homes. And a few pots that are just fine but not eye catching enough for me to take a photo, edit the photo, upload the photo and type in a description of the pot.

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Clay Studio Notes: July 2012

Reclaiming Clay

I’ve been reclaiming some scrap clay. It’s a little bit like getting free clay! I let all the clay dry out really well then let it sit in some water for a couple days. Then I used my cordless drill and mixer to mix it up into a nice smooth creamy chocolate pudding. I want to just dip my whole arm in there! I’ve got myself a 5 gallon bucket that was nearly full when I started. Now I’m slowly drying it and adding it to the new clay that I bought as I prepare it for throwing.

reclaiming clay

I don’t have a plaster table to dry it on so I just scoop it onto some platters that cracked during the bisque firing. I put these bisque trays up on little stilts so air can circulate underneath. The bisque really sucks out the water and speeds the drying time. When I put them out in the sun I can have clay almost ready to use in a couple hours. One thing I learned is that the edges dry a lot faster so I pile on extra around the edges and make the clay thinner in the middle.

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