May 11
After I stamped the image, the second step was to cut them out and lay them gently into styrofoam meat trays. I pushed the clay into the corner to get a neat shape, and then trimmed the edges. I’ve done a lot of these. It’s not as easy as it looks. The less you touch …
Jan 03
Part of doing art of any kind involves learning from failure. I find the low-fire glazes rather tiresome to apply, especially when you can’t set them down until the glaze dries. I made the nifty double-fork tongs to help glaze them (see last post) and I naturally assumed that it would be easy to just …
Dec 04
These turned out so nice that I thought they would make fine Christmas presents, but I haven’t yet decided. I may want to keep them for myself. High fired pottery makes great tumblers, especially if you like ice water, because they hold the temperature well and are dish washable. I often need new ones, because …
Dec 02
This is the second pitcher I made. I had a bit of an issue with the handle getting hairline cracks, but that happens so often that it’s hardly worth mentioning. What is worth mentioning is how much happier I am with the background gradient on these new photos. I’d been trying to add more light, …
