Glazin' Glazin'

Glazed all these this afternoon and tonight. I have a bunch more to glaze for the gas kiln too, which will be loaded tomorrow night. All these are phoenix clay with spotted shino and accents and the rim dipped in alfred's blue. A few have some rick's shino on them in accents and some others have a few brushstrokes of red iron oxide wash too. Several have soda ash sprinkled onto the spotted shino.

I brought two of my yunomi teacups to cheer the others on as I glazed. Glazing is often tedious for me. The studio was busy, so this helped the time to go by faster.

Here's a bunch of them all lined up. Different forms and all....

They started off pretty boring-looking. In the left bottom of this pic you can see some of the tools I used: handmade brushes, a syringe, and soda ash.

Tonight was also class night. Ron did several demo's one being a plate which can be a tray when turned upside down. Good for appetizers.... He used a wire cutter to cut those indentations on the sides that can serve as handles.

Next, he made a cake stand, or whateve it's called. Notice the brand new apron, which was totally white at the beginning of the class.

Here he's trimming some of the outside of the cake stand. Jen Mecca's blog shows some other cake stands. Ron always has us thinking....

I left the studio with this vase. Is that what it's called... a vase? It's gorgeous. Artist: Jen Mecca. In the background you can see the big bird that Becky is working on too. Great night in all.