Always Room for Improvement

12 x 12 x 4 inches

This is probably the nicest large bowl I've ever made. But next week I might tell  you the same thing about another bowl. That's just how it is, there's always room for improvement.

I overlapped the same glazes with this bowl as the yunomi (tea bowl) below and expected gold highlights but the bowl was on the top shelf and what I planned didn't materialize. The bowl is made with speckled stoneware and the yunomi below with white stoneware. Using different clay makes quite a bit of difference with the glazes.

This is the nicest yunomi (tea bowl) I've ever made but again next week it might not be. This is pinched and textured and glazed with multiple glazes.

3.25 x 3.25 x 3 inches

I'm experimenting with overlapping several glazes with these pieces and each one is different. I've learned the top shelf of the kiln doesn't produce the same results as the lower shelves. Not only is there always room for improvement but there is always something new I learn with each firing.

4 x 4 x 1 inches

I tried a new glaze combination for one of my meditation bowls and even though it's the same glass I've used on others the color fired deep blue rather than aqua. More to come so stay tuned. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Sunrise and a Large Bowl

The other morning I glanced outside and saw a beautiful sunrise. I quickly got my camera and ran out to take a few photos.

You know how sunrises and sunsets are, they are fleeting and can disappear as quickly as they come. Look at the treeline on the distant mountain, towards the left, all the hardwood trees are about the same height. The mountains in the distance are part of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.

Here's the large bowl from this firing. It's 3 inches tall and 15 inches wide. I brushed a light brown glaze over the textured spots and those turned out nicely. Where you see the cream color is where the brown glaze was thinner.

I ran out of the green glaze so I glazed the back half with the light brown but on the back it turned a creamy tan color and the edges the brown. I think I should have put a thicker coat of the brown glaze. I like this color green; I wouldn't mind a set of dishes with just this green. I'll make more of this size bowl, maybe with the rim a little taller. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.