Moving and other circumstances really interrupted my confidence and momentum working in clay but I am finally getting back into a groove. I'm extremely happy with this game set match.
Set of four dinner plates which match in style but four different colors, glazed in a satin clear.
You can see my brush strokes in the leaves but I like that; it shows they are hand made.
In comparison this one is a bit pale I may add more stain for the next batch. What, me making more of the same? What a switch-a-roo! I better get started now before I go off on another tangent. Ha. I am thinking of other ways to use these new mason stains with some geometric patterns and some flowers; so many ideas and so little time it seems.
Here are the dinner plates as a group just before I unloaded the kiln this morning.
Here's a bowl fork and spoon set. The bowl is about three and a half inches tall and maybe ten inches wide, textured on the front and back. The spoon and fork were really made for that larger bowl from the last firng. So I may make another set of these a bit smaller for this bowl but you can see they are nice as a set.
Here are the fork and spoon about ten inches long. The handles have the same texture as the bowl. I plan to add a leather tie in the holes on the end so they can be hung from the wall.
Here are the nubs I put on the back for them to fire flat in the kiln. These turned out much better than I expected so I may invest in some stilts to fire other sets on rather than attaching nubs which are unglazed. These were a bit warped after drying and after the bisque, but I put them on the bottom shelf of the kiln hoping they'd settle back down again during the glaze firing, and they did.
Three creamy white vases glazed in clear. One of the dangles on the vase on the left broke off so I sanded the attachment spot and glaze it anyway, Only you and I know the truth. Ha.
Two toothpick holders in matt green. The one on the right might be too wide but maybe you can think of another use for it. There's more from this firing but I need to take more photos so stay tuned. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
