Glazing........

One of two posts. Trying to catch up... Here are some cups and a bowl that I glazed last weekend... lined up on the table.

They ended up here scattered about- to compete with the others to see if they could make it into the gas kiln firing earlier this week.

Only there pieces made the cut..... pics of them in another recent blog post. All of these were glazed with spotted shino and accents of catherine's oribe and soda ash. All were made on phoenix highwater clay. I've found this combo of glazes that I really like and will stick with it for awhile, at least.

These are some of my favorites. :) The middle of the dots is really wax resist on top of the shino, which usually (if there's enough reduction in the kiln) creates a darker shade of shino where the wax resist is. With the gas kiln firings there is that element of mystery though.

And the longer I live, the more I'm convinced that there is mystery in life, so I really like this...

Way Behind on Posts

Am way behind on posts, so this is one of several tonight. As you can see..... well, I still need a new camera. Yet the exciting news remains. This is the front of the gallery in downtown Asheville where some of my pottery now is. Took several pieces there recently. It's on 24 North Lexington Ave. and is called the Atelier Gallery. You can find out more about it here.

Here are some of the pieces that I set out and in time, they'll be in a better display.

Shadows in this pic... Yunomi teacups continue to be my favorite form.

Gabrielle Egan also makes incredible jewelry that she sells there. Check out her website! She also sells her jewelry outside at the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville.

A bit of a closer look....

The front part of the gallery.

Next to Moni Hill's art--- painting on canvas. This all encourages me to spend more and more time in the studio. If only there were more time....

On the way home I stopped at one of my favorite restaurants and ordered take-out. A stromboli at My Father's Pizza in Black Mountain. All in all, a wonderful day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some of the yunomis from the latest firing. I'm so pleased with how they turned out! Today, I'm packing up two groups of pieces to head to galleries. I'll share the details of the galleries later, but I will hand deliver both to galleries in Asheville and Mt. Holly. These three and a few others are ones I can't part with just yet. :)
How I wish there were more hours in the day to be in the studio....

Once Again

Once again another firing. Above are some pots (none are mine) from a recent firing at Clayworks. But for this one, I glazed a bunch more teacups.

This time I decided to put on spotted shino for a base and a bit of catherine's oribe glaze and some soda ash for accent.

This continues to be my favorite form. With a gallery show coming up, I also have been making some more teacups.

Here are some of Greg's pieces for a commisson. They're gifts--- what amazing variation in glaze!

And the kiln loading began. Last firing the two back stacks were identical in height so this was tried again.

The building continued. Several were around for the community firing loading of the kiln.

On the second shelf is one of my bowls.

That cup on the bottom right shelf is mine.

Meanwhile, Susan was putting elephant feet on a bowl.

Back to the kiln area; a closer look at Greg's pieces.

There were a bunch of clayworks folks around for the kiln loading. (L-R) Greg, Becky, and John.

A closer look at the yunomi.

The front stack in the kiln before the door was shut. A full kiln!

The front stack with cone packs (at the bottom ridge of the kiln. :) I'll show the results in my next post. The firing started Wednesday evening and the pots were cool by Saturday evening. I was quite pleased!