This bowl is also thrown in Soldate 60, a groggy durable clay. It’s fired to cone 10 with “Oasis Blue” overglaze. In this photo, it’s been tipped up to display the inside better. It is ten inches in diameter and three inches in height.
Category: Pottery
Aug 02
Red Pitcher
I’m still not done with the shrine I’m working on, but I got some pieces out of the kiln today, so I’ll post those. This is a thrown stoneware (Soldate 60) pitcher high fired with “Cranberry” glaze. I made it so that I’d have something heat resistant to make ice-tea in, as I was tired …
Feb 11
Shino Dragon Cups
These are two cups I made, nearly identical, with the dragon motif. They are only two and a half inches tall. I did the design by painting on wax resist, then dipping in shino. The other cup turned out much darker, nearly black with trapped carbon. The darker cup, unfortunately, got broken . Same clay (Coleman …
Feb 07
Fox and Grapes Cup
This is a small porcelain vessel I made, approximately three inches tall, showing one of the problems I had with painted underglaze. The underglaze designs are a lot more detailed before the glaze is added. Later I tried to correct this by spraying, which mars the design less, but ends up being thinner, which makes for …
Feb 04
Porcelain vessel with cobalt: rabbit and fox
This is another of the series of porcelain vessels with cobalt I made a couple years ago. See ‘lidded porcelain vessel with cobalt: fox-man and crows’ for description of technique.