Studio Open House

I hope those of you in the area will join me for coffee, tea and goodies next weekend for my annual Christmas open house.  There are lots of new pots and a selection of sale priced items as well.

Hope to see you next weekend! 

Pots from the November 15th Firing

Here are a whole bunch of pots from the last firing.  Didn't get a chance to photograph them before the art show which was this past weekend so some of the winners have sold unrecorded.  There weren't many tea dust pots this time and most of them were the green and purple version so they didn't get photographed.

Red shino soup bowls

Big Orange shino teapot

Small Orange shino teapot

Temmoku teapot

Carbon Trap shino garlic baker

Red shino olive bowl

Red Shino Garlic pot

Cedar Ash glaze teapot

Cedar Ash faceted bowl

Beautiful ash glaze drips

Medium Cedar Ash baker

Cedar Ash glaze mug from front of kiln

Cedar Ash glaze mug from further back in the kiln

Red shino plate with salt lustre

White shino teapot

Large red shino salad/mixing bowl

Small red shino jug

Orange shino garlic baker

Cedar Ash glaze oil bottle

Cedar Ash glaze olive bowl

Fired!

We fired the kiln yesterday.  Weather was cloudy and calm, firing was smooth and steady.  Fingers crossed for good results.  Everything is riding on this one - art show next weekend, studio open house in 2 weeks and 3 more farmers' markets!  The shelves are pretty empty in the studio.  Burnt through another finger of the kevlar gloves so these are toast (so to speak).  The cast hearth brick cracked and threatened to drop off but with a little pot shard propping we made it to the end.  This is the last firing of the year and there will be big maintenance going on before the first firing in spring.  Pots will be unloaded on Sunday and I'll post photos later in the week.

In full kit - goggles, face shield and kevlar gloves and only cotton and wool clothes.