Art by Fuzzy

Pottery, Photography, Design - Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz

Glaze Fire Results – May 2013

A few pieces from a glaze fire last month.

All Amaco Warm Brown Stoneware. Wheel Thrown. Glaze fired to ^6 in oxidation.

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Currently In The Clay Studio

New Work

drying pots

drying pots

I’ve been trying to get enough work scraped together for a bisque fire. Mostly weekend work. But soon that will change… It’s almost summer break! I’ve got  a nice platter thrown and trimmed that is drying slowly. I also have a handful of PBL mugs, a couple berry bowls, and a bunch of other random pieces.

PBL mugs

PBL mugs

drying shelf

drying shelf

I don’t think I have enough for a full bisque load but I plan to try some more decals. Hopefully I can fill in the empty spaces with those. I’m hoping to bisque fire by Tuesday or Wednesday. But there’s a chance that I might make a few more things if I have too much space to fill. We’ll see what happens.

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Testing Decals

I recently tested decals on my current lineup of glazes. The decals came from decalpaper.com. The test tiles were made from Amaco’s Warm Brown Stoneware, bisque fired and then each dipped in one of my current glazes. After glaze firing each tile to ^6 I applied one of the water slide decals and put the tiles through another bisque fire. The images show the tiles just after I applied the decals and then after the decals were fired on.

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West Noble 2013 Art Show

If you’re in the Ligonier area tomorrow (Saturday) evening you can check out the West Noble Community Art Show from 5-8pm. I sent over three pieces of pottery. Last year I won a blue ribbon!

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Todd Pletcher Pottery Open House

Todd Pletcher is a potter from the Goshen area. (Also on Etsy). He is having an open studio/sale this weekend. So of course, I couldn’t pass up a chance to go see his work. Here are some photos of what I saw and what I brought home.

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