Glazing, Glazing and 'Slipping' on Tuesday

Last Tuesday night, I was at Clayworks, glazing four pieces on their way to the gas kiln that night. Found out that John and Greg, the master glazer would be there too, and the company was wonderful. From this point on, it will be hard to glaze pots on my own; having others around is way better.

The evening started with time to catch up over wine with Becky, Minke, and others. John has a pic of this time together on his blog. Time like this always seems to go by fast at Clayworks.

In time, I got to glazing. First, I put the wax resist on the bottom. That one piece turned upside down is mine. The bottles are John's. Those three tumblers in the back need some 'slipping' (is that a word?).

I needed some glazing ideas and really liked these two mugs in particular, belonging to John. So, I decided to use that method for my new mugs.

Aren't these beautiful? All the while, Greg was glazing some pots for his sale this weekend. I particularly like the shape of the mugs on the right (no handles either!). Both John and Greg have been glazing much longer than I. Being around this experience really helps. Here's John putting slip on some pots.So with these experienced glazers (is that a word?) nearby, I decided to glaze my pots in a different way. Still shinos, but these mugs only have glaze on the inside. On the outside of these is white crackle glaze, red iron oxide, and drops of tenmoku and alfred's blue, (if I remember correctly). The ones in the back of the pic have blue slip and white slip, I think... they're on their way to the bisque kiln.

Here is a closer shot of the four.

Late night! Ended up leaving at 11 pm. Time so well spent. :)