Bowls and Glazing

Cereal bowls drying.... Christmas gifts for my nephews and nieces. Please don't tell them! :)

The beginning of a small serving dish. Made the bottom after this pic was taken- and added handles.

Glazed a few pieces recently. This vase is one of my biggest pieces. For that, I threw two forms and then put them together. Will be good to see these finished. Blue/green celadon base with acccents of alfred's blue and then some tom's clear on top of that to help the blue run.

Here's the other vase. Ended up putting a few small glass shards on the top lip of the vase. Oh, and of course, teabowls. :) Gas kiln will be fired in the next couple of weeks.

Meanwhile, made a couple bowls and big teabowls. Could be for soup.... not sure what yet.

Oh, and while the color is bad, this was dinner. Breakfast for dinner! Polenta, eggs, biscuits, and bacon. Yum! This week I'll head back into the studio after a few days away and make some more bowls... These days I find myself thinking... if only there were more hours in the studio.

Kiln Firing

Kiln Firing! Kiln was loaded last night and it's almost full. Firing begins tonight. There are a bunch of my teacups and bowls in this one.

Meanwhile tonight at the studio I etched a quote by Langston Hughes onto this jar and this bowl. Bowl will dry a bit more and then I'll put the black stain into the words and take a soft sponge and wipe off the excess black stain. A long, tedious process, but I really like the finished product.

Here are many of my teacups with one of Becky's bird and a bowl----not sure whose. All of my pieces are glazed in blue/green celadon and then dipped in alfred's blue.

The back stack of the kiln. That shelf with the teacups and bird is the third shelf from the bottom on the right stack.

Can hardly wait to see what the results are! Kiln unloading is Sunday afternoon. :)

Most of these will be sold at an upcoming sale on November 13 from 6-9 pm. More about that later.

Monday

Spent an hour in the studio. Made these four cups. The form on the left is a new one for me. It just appeared. Wanted to try something different, especially with life changing around me. Leaves, etc.... life just keeps on changing.

A bowl and jar that are drying. I may etch some words on the outside of them. Just not sure of those words yet.

More

Here's what I worked on in the studio this weekend. Two tumblers. Two teacups and two vases.

More writing on a bowl...

New form for me.