Just did my first mortar and pestles, yours look really good with the banding. Nice birdbaths too I did some too this summer. Hard for me to imagine throwing a pedestal and the pestle but easy finally in the end. Hope your enjoying cooler, warm sunny fall days.
Happy to see you reach the 900 subscribers mark. You've taken on so many different pottery forms, with a treadle wheel and a reduction kiln. Well done. Always best to you.
Love all the new scraffito designs! Interesting way of 'sealing' the oil lamp; I've never heard of it. Wonder if it would work on other types of clay...🤔Such a nice cohesive grouping of beautifully made pieces.
Thanks Judy, I think it would work on other clays, all I did was soak the pot in milk then with my camping frying pan put it on the fire ember's, pretty amazed!!
Nice clean cuts, mine always need reworked. X-acto knife looks to keep the cuts cleaner than a potters felting. Ralph would like one of those cat doors but that would be the end of the mail carrier.
Maybe not exactly our kind of pottery, or potter, I've been watching some of 'Andy Ward's Ancient Pottery'. He goes into a lot of sealing, curing and cooking with unglazed earthenware as native American's probably did. Time is running out if you're going to set these things alight for holidays. Happy Xmas.
Little brown bowls with the wavy have a real classic potters look to them. No clay for me till the new year. Glad to hear your old treadle spin. Take care.
Leigh I have question. How big is your BAT that your using ? you knew I had the hand sugary twice and getting ready to do it again, Do you have any issues due to its size? I have 4 new unused Bate that are 19 inches across/wide. would like to know if you have any issues. Thanks. eddie
Leigh very nice I didn't remember if I told you that when I was at the hospital in Chicago last Monday when I left I went to the pottery supply and got all kinds of glazes making items and one is a Soft Satin white glaze.There is 8 ingredients in it. I have alot of 50 pound bags to tote in.
Just back after a week out of town. Anxious to see what you've been up to that I might have missed. Oh yea, nice. Always great trying new stuff. Specially like the two at 1:15 then the two after and then the one after that wow. The floral on the garlic jars should have great consumer appeal. I'd say the bird should be happy by name but never knew how to spell it.
I have had some rough time 4 days in the hospital , 2 of the days was in the ICU. its good to see you working. this coming Monday I will be sent to a specialist in Chicago looking Forward to it. by for now .eddie
Glad you didn't give up on that kiln but can't imagine paying for the gas. Or the clay eighter, glad my supplier is close by. Hope you come across a cheap electric someday.
The kilns giving up on me!! I keep looking for a half decent electric, surely cheeper than firing gas, depending on the size obviously, Three firings and already half a bottle gone, and Earthenware too! Just watched your kiln unloading, great stuff!!
I like the slip decorations you put around some of the pieces... and I agree with Jeff about the welding of pieces with glaze as long as they are held in place by gravity and won'd slide. But "stuff happens" and yes, potters are a persevering bunch aren't we.😊
It's big bird baths that give me the trouble. Press molded, slabs, tried so many different things. firing on grog, slow cooling, again and again cracked in the firing. Those lids that popped of you may be able to glaze weld back on.
Hi Geff, I used the same Terracotta several times and this never happened! Really wanting to fire to stoneware again, I always seem to be moaning about costs but I couldn't believe it when I picked gas up the other day £££, when I look at your glazed pieces then this earthenware I know I'm on the wrong path.
Leigh my friend, have missed hearing from you. WoW you have a clay problem, I have been there and if it would not have cracked at the start, it would have did it at the bisk . I have had that happen to me when I use low fire clay, most the time it was a terra cotta unless it was somthing that we used the excavator to dig it up. If it was somthing you bought I would be talking to those people. good to here from you Leigh.
Terra Cotta color is very nice, if it's a cheap clay and very plastic, perhaps it is worth correcting the clay body. The cracks are most likely a result of high shrinking factor, which can be corrected by adding grog or alumina. More tests needs to be done...
Always disheartening to loose so many pieces. To save the popped off knobs - glaze between the lid and knob to fuse together in firing - but I'm sure you have thought to do that - I've had to do that a few times and it holds up well - no problems after years of use.
Killer week building up to, setting up and doing a weekend show. I'll be getting a bit repetitive too and making the same old things. Didn't sell any tea bowls or much slipware except for skull shots. Did as good as last year, was worried because of economy fears. Resting and recovering today. And reflecting as I imagine most are there.
