Fresh out of the Kiln

 stacked mug

Later today I'll test this stacked mug to see how it feels drinking from it. I like this fatter shape better than the other one I made which is a little narrower. When holding the handle I can put my index and middle finger in the handle and my thumb on top.

 stacked mug interior

Here's the interior. If I hadn't of put the swirl it would have been nice to have a contrasting color on the interior. I'll make some more of these so I can glaze them differently. It's nice to be able to see the construction method on the exterior with the clear glaze. Oh, I should have taken a photo from the bottom so you could see the foot.

 two tea bowls

These two tea bowls were made with white stoneware. Look down at the tree luminary. That is the same glaze as this. But the tree luminary was made with a speckled stoneware. I wasn't going to work with the speckled stoneware but for some glazes it's much better.

 butter dish

Here's a butter dish I've glazed with the overlapped dots of glaze. This glaze is so beautiful in person. I need to try this overlapping with other glazes to see how they turn out.

 butter dishes

 appetizer plates

These appetizer plates will stack up  nicely in a cabinet. I still can't get my blue green glaze to do what I want. I'll have to get a box of the Macabee clay to see if using that clay will make a difference.

tree luminary

To speed up my glazing I decided not to glaze the edge of the luminary trays. With the speckled stoneware the bare clay isn't noticeable like it would be if the clay was white stoneware.

gingerbread boys and girls

I did the same thing with the gingerbread boys and girls glazing only the top portion. These look like they are edible with a creamy frosting on top. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Fresh Out of the Kiln

Here are a few results from this firing. The vase above is my favorite. This is the vase I 'saved' and it's kind of wonky. I think Lori of Future Relics Pottery said that 'saves' sometimes turn out the best; how did she know?


There's lots of textures and subtle colors in this vase.


The white matt on this textured pitcher is supposed to be a blue; I think the clay body changed the color. There's a clear over the rest.


More subtle colors and textures on this vase.


The glaze is a little thin in places on this vase.


I used translucent cream instead of clear over the slip deco on this vase, I like this glaze. I put a flower in the inside bottom of the vase and on the outside bottom which are nice surprises. I'll do that more often. I have a large serving bowl and four small bowls with this same slip pattern ready for the next bisque.


This is my second favorite piece. I wanted the squares to look like the sun was reflecting on the window panes of a tall building. The window panes look like they're out of focus even in person. Sort of an optical illusion. Every other pane is a different color glaze.


The glaze on the round sprigs flashed onto the background of this wall tile, not what I wanted.


This platter looks like a misty night sky, kind of cool.


I used the translucent cream over this plate too. There's a lot of depth in this one. Perhaps a little busy, like a tornado blowing leaves might be.


I applied RIO to greenware and glazed with a light green glaze, but the clay body changed the light green to olive green, not what I was after, but I like the texture on this big bowl.

I had one wall tile crack; I think it was too thin. I used sand underneath the tile, but perhaps not enough. I have a couple of mixed media wall hangings to put together and I loaded another bisque. The thin cake stand is in this bisque; hope it makes it. I still have more greenware to fire but not enough for a full load; those will have to wait.

I'm working on my wall tile booth display. Oh, please learn from my mistakes and don't paint your pottery booth stands, the paint chips too easy, use stain. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.