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.

This is one of a series of porcelain vessels I made a couple years ago.  I’ve been using powdered cobalt on porcelain bisque fired to cone 04.  One of the things we tried, in order to reduce fading, was to fire it again before glazing. It didn’t work very well.  I also tried spraying on the clear glaze instead of dipping it.  That, also, didn’t work very well to reduce fading, but it did help cut back on the smearing.  Kurt Weiser does pieces like this frequently, and he uses a midnight blue underglaze instead of powdered cobalt.  I think I should just find out what brand he uses and do that, next time I want to do cobalt painting.

This piece is just under four inches tall. 

I got a new photography setup, so I thought I’d photograph some old pieces I had lying around in my studio.  This piece is one of my favorites, because it’s comfortable to hold and has a nice weight to it, plus the face cheers me up.

This is a high fired stoneware ball, b-mix with Stephen Hill yellow.

Here’s a photo from our trimming session, me and the arm of Gary Roberts.  Photo courtesy of Mary Swallow. Follow the link to more information about Empty Bowls.

Anyone going to be in Tempe on February 22nd and 23rd should attend the Empty Bowls event in Downtown Tempe.  I was one of the ceramic artists who made bowls for the event.  $10 buys a handmade bowl and some soup.  All proceeds benefit local food banks.

For three years now, I’ve made bowls with wax-resist designs.  The shown bowl is Shino on Rod’s Bod, fired to cone 10.   Most of my bowls have either my chop (kanji spelling out Kei-Ta) or “Kater” inscribed on the bottom, in case someone wants to collect the whole set (16 bowls.)