Just when I was ready to give up on the copper wash I got green on my leaves instead of the dirty brown. Several folks suggestd I thin down the wash and that did the trick, thanks to my fellow bloggers. Both these plates are listed in my
Etsy Pottery Shop. They're both about 7 inches square.
These look blue green in the photo but they are more green than blue in person. The veins of the leaves show up very nicely.
These are the same hearts from the last post after firing. I'm in the process of listing these in my
Etsy Pottery Shop too. The hearts are the perfect valentine's present or hostess gift. The larger hearts can be a ring, candy, prep, or condiment dish. The small hearts can be used as ornaments or pendants. The darker color is brick red, the lighter a rose red plum, and the two white ones have a clear satin glaze over the natural color of the stoneware clay. The white ones are so soft and warm looking I plan to make dinner plates with the same pattern and glaze. My thinking is any food will be appealing on a white plate.
Right after I unloaded the glaze load I loaded a bisque. When I started the kiln it was already 100 F warm. I felt like I was working in a pottery factory, unloading and reloading right away. It's kind of nice firing during the day. I fire all day and let the kiln cool down at night and then when I wake up in the morning the kiln is just about ready to unload. No danger of rushing the cool down or taking a sneak peak. I hope I won't be sorry, but I overlapped part of the owl platter across two shelves to fit it in. What do you think? I'll be checking it real soon, the kiln is down to 300. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
