Glazing on My Mind

I've decided to focus on making teacups for awhile at least and try out different surfaces, shapes, all in the same form. So, I made these yesterday.

They're not trimmed yet. They're footless (without the bottom of the teacup trimmed to look like the ones below.)

So these nine in the pic above have been put in the bisque kiln and in this pic, I've just applied wax resist on the bottoms so I can just dip them in the glaze. Don't want glaze on the bottoms of the pieces for if there's glaze, they'll stick to the kiln shelf. Plus, Julie the studio manager won't be happy.

First, I dipped all of them in spotted shino glaze and quickly sprinkled some soda ash on the outside.

In my glazing thee days, I'm also trying some new things in the glaze world with slight variations. Decided to glaze these in spotted shino with some accents (dipping the rim; making spiral and other simple designs) all made with alfred's blue glaze. Also sprinkled soda ash on the outside of virtually every pot. I used the bulb syringe in the left of this pic to apply the spirals of blue on the outside.

Above are the nine waiting for just a short while on the glaze shelf. They didn't wait long because the gas kiln was loaded last night. And, I got to help! I loved it. I learned so much.

In this pic above, two of my teacups are sitting on bricks in the right side of the kiln. Two others are on the top shelf (the kiln was being assembled as I took the pic) on the right. All nine made it into the kiln. Sometimes, there is ALOT of pottery waiting to go in. Other times, like last night, there isn't too much.
Julie (in the kiln) and Chris were my teachers. Here, Julie's fitting It's much like putting a puzzle together. The shelve can never be at the same height as the stack of shelves next to them. No pieces can touch each other or they'll stick together. Didn't get a pic of the kiln when it was full. It will be unloaded on Thursday morning. I'll get some pics then.

Before the kiln loading I did some surface work on three yunomis before they went into the bisque kiln. Used several shells and the tools above.
A closer up pic.

Found a fortune cookie in the kitchen at Clayworks. Opened up: It said, Your respect for others will be your ticket to success. I like that.

And, I just liked how these cups looked this way.

It's gorgeous outside. Off to go running!