A little about the process of glazing these tiles. To do this series of twelve tiles took me about two weeks. Each glaze needs three (at least!) layers on it, and each tile has several colors. Some tiles have as few as seven (like this) and others have twelve colors or more. It’s actually easier …
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Feb 12
Fountain
I originally made the base of this as a drum for my husband. I made two, actually, but this one had too-shallow of a shape, so he said he wasn’t going to use it. I decided, that since I’ve been planning to make a fountain for a while, that I would use this to make …
Feb 01
Blue and White Beads
These are the beads I did after lunch, figuring that now I could try a different technique using different colors. I didn’t make as many after lunch. For this I mostly used dots and masking. My dots are not placed very well, because I don’t have the muscle control sufficient to hold my hands in …
Dec 13
Momiji Cup 2
This was the sister cup to Momiji 1. I was experimenting with glaze techniques, so I used a different one on this cup. For this cup, I used white satin glaze plus a shino. Shinos can be a great way to bring out detail, especially details of depth. While it’s interesting, it’s not quite what …
Nov 14
Scraffito Cup Two
After the first scraffito cups details all got washed out in the high firing, i decided to make it easier on myself and use a simpler technique. I used a scratchboard tool to make fine vertical lines up and down the cup, and radiating out from the center of the saucer. Since I wasn’t trying to …