Dec 22
When I was in Japan, I used to do cobalt underglaze on porcelain more than anything else. It was a style born out of the fact that I can’t read glaze colors in Japanese. There are a lot of traditional designs and motifs, usually used on fabric, which lend themselves well to the concave surface …
Dec 13
This is my favorite of the traditional Japanese designs I use on pottery. Because of the way that the design has to change in order to fit inside the bowl, it never turns out the same way twice. I love hex-based designs as well, but when you do hexagonal designs on a curved surface, it …
Dec 07
This bowl had the same problem as the other one. It turned a strange color on the inside, which must have meant that I put a second glaze coat on it, but I don’t remember doing so. At least you can see the stamps along the rim.
Dec 02
Gabrielle Koza and Daphne Azzi, two of my fellow students at the Tempe Arts Center, created new glazes this session. When they tested them, we all voted on the favorites, and these glazes were two of the winners. The yellowish one was named “Desert Varnish” and the other was named “Emu”. Gabrielle wanted to know …
Nov 29
This cup is out of porcelain, and because it dried before I could impress designs around the rim, I decided to do a solid color instead of a clear one. Unfortunately, this red turns clear unless it’s reduced (denied oxygen), so it’s only red on the inside.
