Monday, March 9, 2009

First Salt Kiln Piece and New Forms

Today I stopped by the studio briefly and found a wonderful surprise! This cup of mine was in Ron's salt kiln and it was sitting on my shelf at Clayworks. Thanks, Ron! I quickly helped it find a home by taking it outside and putting a bit of red wine in it for dinner. It was a gorgeous day so I was out late in the afternoon reading a bit on my favorite blanket.
The inside of this cup was dipped in spotted shino glaze. Great texture and shades of brown; I especially like the glaze drips on the outside of it.
Gosh, the day flew by and I'm exhausted. Still adjusting to the time change, plus life is tiring these days.
Everything in this pic helps to make for a peaceful afternoon...
Also, I made these new cup forms yesterday. I'm trying new things and using the rib tool more. I really like these shapes and will make a bunch more! Also made this big plate.
Always something new going on in the pottery world. That's a very good thing. :)

3 comments:

Linda Starr said...

That spotted shino glaze cup is spectacular, I just love it. I like your new cups and plate too. It was really cold here today and yesterday was so warm so I worked inside today, what a nice shot of your relaxing time on the blanket.

Jerry said...

The picnic picture looks heavenly, it has me pining away for this past weekend. Not so warm this morning at 31F. Oh well, spring will be here to stay soon enough.

The rightmost freshly thrown cup is a great form! Looks like it would be comfy in the hand.

Gary's third pottery blog said...

OH AMY yay!