A Tuesday Evening at Clayworks

Got some inexpensive wine yesterday to welcome Becky back from her trip to Sicily. You can read more about her trip there here and the pictures she's posted are amazing! Good timing! Turns out that the wine was from Italy. :)

Last night at Clayworks, much happened:

Ron did a demo on teapot spouts. He showed us how to make a spout at the wheel and a handmade one, using the above pattern.

Also saw John's salt kiln piece. Great colors next to mine. Amazing to see the subtle difference in color next to mine. Different clay bodies: Mine's zella stone. I forget what his was. Check his blog in time for a post about it.
Some of my plates came out of the electric kiln. I was pleased more or less. The teacup on the right really turned out well. I think teacups are my favorite forms these days.
Stayed late and made some small plates.
Glazed several pieces; a few yunomis and a medium size bowl. These are glazed in Ron's creme glaze but also with some tahitian glaze for accents.
As I was heading home, Greg's class was loading the big gas kiln. I've been making earthen red cone 5 pots, so I had no pieces for it, but look who's helping! That's John looking at the camera and Greg has his back turned towards the kiln.

Pieces of all sizes were ready to get inside this gas kiln. Some of Pete's pots are on the top shelf; those juicers on the bottom shelf are John's. Don't know about the rest.

All in all, a great evening at Clayworks.