Second post of the day. The waiting is over! It felt like Christmas today to open the kiln. It always does. The suspense and wonder always is there for me as I anticipate what's inside.Once the kiln cooled down to 180 degrees or so, the door was opened and we let it cool some more. More waiting..... (and picture taking!)
I continue to love hearing the ping ping of the pieces cooling down.
I'm excited. In this pic, you can see several of my yunomi.
Here are some close-ups. The variation in color is interesting. Same glazes (spotted shino and alfred's blue). The two on the bottom of this pic got less reduction (meaning, more oxygen stayed with them instead of escaping during the reduction time). I like the two on the bottom better; rich iron spots, but one can't control this. Actually, all of the pieces turned out great.
More rich shino colors. I'm at the point where I'm ready to try some different, new things with the surface design. I hope to take Greg's surface design class this summer and learn alot!
More yunomis on the kiln shelves.
This bowl of mine has great color. It's lighter in that spot because I sprinkled some soda ash onto the side of it. The tumbler looks good too; the alfred's blue can be dark blue sometimes.
The cone pack with a yunomi on the front, bottom right of the kiln shelf.
All these are mine. The variation in color on the one on the left is due to extra drips of spotted shino on the cup from when I dipped it.
Some of the yunomis have shades of purple on the rim. I really like that! It all just depends what the kiln gives.
Julie, the studio manager, has an upcoming exhibition at Lark & Key that opens this upcoming Friday and continuing through June 28. Some of the pieces from this firing will be in it.
Here's a bunch all together.
The tumblers aren't mine. The one in the way back is; it got less reduction and half of it is white. Unusual, because the pieces on the brick usually end up with lots of color. I'm confident though that this one will find a home somewhere.
My first jar!!
Two of Becky's birds 'kissed' three of Julie's pieces... all in a row. This was amazing! On the left in the back is one of the tiers for Julie's wedding cake too for her upcoming exhibition.
Here are Becky's birds... great colors.All in all, quite a firing.
Can you see Julie BEHIND her wedding cakes? These are gorgeous. Come to Lark & Key if you are in the Charlotte area to see more of her work.
She wasn't hiding, only explaining more about the cake.
A sea of pottery! So, I had lots of pieces in the kiln. I'll take a few more close-up pictures soon. What an adventure life is in this pottery world.Oh, and if you're in the Charlotte area, you'll be able to find these at an upcoming show.
Arts & Crafts at University Place.
Saturday June 13 (10 am- 8 pm)
Sunday June 14 (11 am- 5 pm)
5 comments:
Great post, Amy! I almost feel as if I'd been there! Your yunomi look fantastic! Congrats! I love the pic of the kiln kiss the oribe birds gave to some of Julie's pieces. I'm just delighted they were so generous!
Happy Christmas! Congratulations on some lovely work and great looking shino glazes. Glad that things turned out so well for you. Best Wishes, Peter
You are quickly becoming the shino queen at Clayworks! Great work!
Great looking pots!! You sure did have a ton of pieces in that firing. Busy little bee.
Wow, Wow, Wow, great colors, your yuonomi are wonderful and your jar is spectacular. John is right you are becoming the shino queen. I love the dark blue accents on your pieces and the more orange shaded yuonomi are my favorite ones - I guess that's what makes ceramics so much fun each person has a different favorite. By the way the photo of you in front of the kiln is just great - keep that for your portfolio. Looks like everyone got some beautiful glazes. What a great post, thanks for showing all the wonderful photos.
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