Dapper Mrs. Peanut

Dapper Mrs. Peanut
by Linda Starr

I couldn't be happier with Dapper Mrs. Peanut. She'll be in the Stirling Gallery show in Dunedin on Monday, January 3rd, along with a few others from this firing. I think the peanut family will be increasing in the near future. Lots of good results in this load including glazes, tiles, and sculptures. Here are a few pieces from the firing.

Toggle Button Vase
by Linda Starr

Musical Note Vase
by Linda Starr

Blue Butterfly Vase
by Linda Starr

I used a new clear on this and other pieces. Apparently the clear neutralizes some of the mason stained slip colors. I'll have to look at my greenware photo to see which colors.

Two Tea Bowls
by Linda Starr

Splat Bowl
by Linda Starr

Experimental large, splat slip bowl, non-functional due to the rough texture of the slips used, native Florida clay and others.

Tree with Welcoming Arms
by Linda Starr
(will be mounted in a shadow box)

Drifting Dots Vase
by Linda Starr

Shiny black is one of the hardest colors to photograph. The orange slip faded away, but I'll make more of these drifting dot vases and bowls with different colors in the near future. The same clear is over these two pieces so that is a consideration for mason color changes, but it does cover nicely.

Drifting Dots Bowl
by Linda Starr

I preheated this glaze load since it was so cold in the garage. The kiln started at 49 F, I heated the load 50 degrees for the first 175, then 25 up to 200, with a 30 minutes hold, then continued on with my regular firing. Except I bumped up my hold time at the top end to 20 minutes, twenty hours including the slow cool down. Overkill? Perhaps, but better safe than sorry.

I think I could bump up my top temperature a little more and decrease the top hold down to 15 minutes. But I didn't want to risk this firing because I wanted to use pieces from this load in the Stirling Gallery opening January 3rd. Back to work, I have sculptures to put together. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
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