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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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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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May 2012 Glaze Fire Results

It’s about time! I’m finally getting results of the last glaze fire uploaded. I fired these at the end of May just in time to take a few pieces to school for an End of School Year sale.

Everything is Warm Brown Stoneware fired to cone 6 in oxidation.

: West Noble Steins

: WNP Pencil Holders

: West Noble Mugs

: Stoneware Cups

: Wheel Thrown Brown Cups

: Teal Vase with Running Glaze

: Wheel Thrown Teal Vase

: Barely Blue Bottle

: Barely Blue Tall Stoneware Vase

: Running Glaze Closeup

: Pendants / Jewelry

: PBL Pam’s Iron Steins

: PBL All Blue Steins

: Frogs and Hand Stamp

: Dark Brown Vase

: Website Sticks

: Brown Mugs with Brushmarks

: Barely Blue Mugs and Cups

The firing went pretty well. I only have to re-fire one or two pieces due to minor glaze defects. The Sapphire Blue glaze was still a little thin. I made a few more pendants and tried some different shapes and sizes. About half were made of the Warm Brown Stoneware and the rest were Buff Stoneware with Grog which is lighter clay with dark specks. I also made some little sticks of clay with my website address stamped on them. I can give these away like little business cards or add them to orders or scatter them across the countryside.

Not pictured are two yarn bowls and probably another piece or two. The yarn bowls warped a bunch but my grandma still liked them and took them home with her. There was a third but it broke while I was glazing it. I think the walls were a little too thin for yarn bowls. The other yarn bowls I’ve made had thicker walls and didn’t break during glazing or warp much, if at all.

Soon some of these items will be available on Etsy! My store isn’t up yet but I’m in the middle of writing descriptions and getting images ready. When it’s ready you should be able to find it here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtByFuzzy.

In other news, I’ve been busy in the clay studio. I’m also ready to start my class at the clay artists guild! I’ll try to post some of the things that I learn.

Glaze Firing – April 5, 2012

Here are a few images of some things that I pulled out of the last glaze fire:

: WN Mugs – Logo Detail

: WN Mugs – Handle Detail

: WN Mugs

: Stoneware Plates

: Stoneware Bowl

: Refired Pots

: Red and Blue PBL Mugs

: Blue WN Mugs

: All Blue PBL Mugs

Not pictured are some small pendants, test tiles/cups and about 3 other items that I re-fired to fix some glaze problems.

I hope to post some images of my glaze test results soon.

The Rest of the First 2012 Glaze Fire

The previous post was about mugs with logos.Â There were a few other items in the first glaze fire of 2012:

: Wheel Thrown Tumblers

: Sunburst Yarnbowls

: Mugs with Brushed Glaze

Not pictured: a small teardrop shaped vase, a Charger mug that turned out terribly, and a large mug with some stamped patterns.

I got a little tired of making mugs at one point so I wanted to try a different drinking vessel. I decided to make some tall handle-less forms. I’ll call them tumblers unless someone else has a better name for these tall cups. I feel like tumblers should have straighter sides. Â I haven’t actually tried drinking out of them yet but I like how they turned out. My wife wasn’t as impressed and thinks they look like they should be used by kings and queens of the medieval times. Maybe if I dig a moat around the house?

I also wanted to make someÂ yarn bowls to put on my shelf in the Stone Soup Emporium. I made three but I broke one before I could get it bisque fired and one has been donated to the Jefferson Elementary silent auction tomorrow. I’ll probably make a few more. I like how the glaze turned out on the inside of these two.

One of the best parts of the glaze fire was doing a little experimenting and enjoying the results. A while ago I wrote of mugs with poor attachments. A few were salvaged and survived the bisque fire so I decided toÂ experimentÂ with some glaze application. I dipped the two mugs in Saturated Iron to cover the outside. Then I brushed a patch of Eggshell on both sides of one and Alabaster Satin on both sides of the other. On top of these white squares I brushed a quick design with a black wash. The wash and glazes melted together a little bit and I think it adds some interest to each mug.

This weekend (hooray for presidents!) I hope to start cranking out another batch of logo mugs. I’ve been absent from the clay studio for the past week or so except to reclaim some clay and haul a couple boxes of new clay down to the bench. Here’s to getting dirty!