Nov 30
I got my pieces from the last firing this week. I had made a series of four bowls and two tumblers with the same glaze combination, so when it came time to glaze my pitchers, I decided to use the same combination on one of them, this one, so I could have a set. It …
Oct 19
I wanted to make a set of three mixing bowls for my brother and his wife, as a belated wedding gift. I decided to use a technique involving a large wooden paddle that fellow student Michael Voda made. If it works, you can smoothly throw a large bowl with graceful sides. Unfortunately, you have to …
Jul 24
This was one of the cups I threw with my share of the batch of porcelain that some of our classmates mixed up. I had some of Kurt Weiser’s cobalt underglaze that Bridget Harper (my ceramics teacher and friend) cadged for me. I’ve done underglaze or stain on porcelain many, many times. This is a …
