Some kiln watching has been happening these past few days. Julie was the teacher. Becky, Susan, and others were the students. I listened in on a few of the words of wisdom, but work has kept me away from the studio more than I'd like to say.
Julie was the instructor for a studio artist firing, before which these two cups managed to find their way into the kiln. They were the lucky ones of the 15 plus that were ready, sitting there on the shelf, having to wait a couple more days for the next firing mid-February. I especially like the variation in the spotted shino glaze in these. Please ignore the bad pic and the glare from the camera. 
The first and third from the left are the two in the pic above. Spotted shino glaze with catherine's oribe accent. A bit of soda ash sprinkled on the outsides AND some wood ash (thanks, Dad!) also. That's the brown ash in this picture above.
The three pieces from the left are waiting to be fired too.
The shelf is full-- bowls, vases, and all sorts of forms waiting... just waiting. 
Here's what these pieces looked like before they were glazed. A bit of wine too. Yunomis continue to be my favorite form. The goblet was raku fired and is holding some wood ash that was sifted prior to application.
Hoping these next days bring more time in the studio.
2 comments:
holy cats, such cuties!
wow, Amy, you are becoming the yunomi, shino, ash queen, those cups are beautiful. I love what the ash does to the surface and I can see the difference between the different ashes. So beautiful. I know how you feel having other priorities and not being able to do what you want with the clay, but sometimes duty calls. I have some of those same thoughts as I am traveling along spending all day at repair shops and running out of room to store greenware.
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