Jan 03
Part of doing art of any kind involves learning from failure. I find the low-fire glazes rather tiresome to apply, especially when you can’t set them down until the glaze dries. I made the nifty double-fork tongs to help glaze them (see last post) and I naturally assumed that it would be easy to just …
Dec 26
I bought this pot specifically to re-pot a gardenia plant I have in my front yard. I thought about using tile mosaics, or glass piece mosaic, but my mosaic-tile production wasn’t coming along fast enough so I decided to glaze it instead. I’m always startled by how patchy the glazes come out. Even when I …
Dec 24
This is the last poppy plate. Why poppies? Do I have some fascination with them? No, not really, but since they grow very well, I have plenty of photographs, and I know what they look like.
Dec 18
I’ve made numerous plates like this. They are a great size and shape for pie and small sandwiches. You have to really take your time to keep them from getting warped or cracked, but when they work, you have a set of matched almost-stacking plates. To start with, you need a half dozen blemish-free styrofoam …
Dec 14
I think I may not use this technique again, even though I enjoyed this project. I found the lack of color palette frustrating, however. I really wanted a bright poppy red for the flowers, and one was unavailable. Red often is unpredictable, no matter what medium. The main reason, however, is that it needs a …
