May 13
The photo on this didnt’ turn out as well as I had hoped, but it was either take a crappy photo or not get it photographed at all, because I’m using my table for another project. This plate is actually twice as large as the others, because I used a larger meat tray.
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 12
To get a decent line for the slip, we needed a dark colored clay. I already knew that slips didn’t turn out well if you fired them to cone ten, so I bought a bag of cone 06 terracotta clay called “Ward’s Red.” I’ve never used this clay before, but I was assured that it …
