by Sue | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last weekend Becky Brandow from Willow Avenue Pottery joined me for a wintery wood fire. Yesterday, I unloaded the kiln and spent a little time taking photos. Every firing has it’s good and bad outcomes – here are some of my favorites...
by Sue | Jan 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve had about 50 pounds of Continental Clay’s Buff Stoneware around for about a year and today I finally got around to making many 5# bowls with it. Since it fires a toasty, dark brown in the wood kiln, I used white slip on the insides with some...
by Sue | Nov 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
My 7th firing of the wood kiln went well and I finally feel like I’ve really got the process down. I’ve got a collection of glazes that mostly work well for me and the after trying lots of variations, the schedule seems to give the results...
by Sue | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
had some studio time today. It felt great to get back in the swing of it and get some dirt under my nails. My clay is really wet and I ended up cutting and weighing out all the clay I’d need for the day and letting it sit out to dry while going to...