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February 2013 Wood fire

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...

Slip

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...

Firing #7 – A Few Favorites

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...

Finally…

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...