And Now For Something Completely Different!

New clay, new glazes, new firing.  Wood firing is becoming more difficult as I get older and impossible during drought and fire season so ..... my foray into electric fired pots.  It's a challenge to make a huge switch like this but I'm finding a few clays and glazes that I like.

 

Things That Pour

A few more from the May 16th firing.

Shino teapot

Temmoku Jug

Small shino pouring bowl

Ash glazed small pouring bowl

Shino vinegar cruet

Blue ash glazed vinegar cruet

Shino vinegar cruet

 Temmoku vinegar cruet

A Few New Pots

I'm very lucky to have my own kiln so that I can fire during these difficult times.  Here are a few pots from this last firing.

Very coarse sculpture clay that tolerates cone 12 flat at the front.
Serving plate with slip, stamps and ash glaze.

Coarse clay again with stamps and slip.
Utensil holder.

Back of the kiln blue ash glaze.

Bowls

Here are a few bowls from the last firing.

Coarse clay, slip and ash glaze.

Temmoku faceted bowl.

Matte glaze with blue bits.

Shino faceted bowl.

Tea bowl with slip and ash glaze.

Tea bowl with slip and ash glaze.

Baskets

A variation on the rattan handled baskets I've been making.  Again, coarse clay, slip, and ash glaze.

Utensil Holders

Here are the utensil holders from the front of the kiln in the last firing.  Coarse clay, thick slip and ash glaze.

My favourite.

Unloading

The kiln was unloaded today.  An OK firing, nothing stellar, a bit of bloating and one weird crack.  Photos to follow.

Front stack

Second stack.

Firing

A perfect day for the firing - mostly overcast, bits of sun, not too cold.

Loading

Here's the first stack of four.  Trying to balance the best pack for flame path travel and getting the most pieces in is always a challenge.  It's been just above freezing so the little space heater has been in the kiln to keep the wadding (and my hands) from freezing.  Firing date is November 9th.  This is the last chance firing for Christmas stock.  Fingers crossed for a good one.

Glazing

Getting ready for the firing next week,  glazing and wadding like mad.  All looking very soft and pastel-y for now.

Ash Glaze

And now some brown ash glazed pots.  Each new batch of ash glaze varies somewhat from the last depending on what wood made it to the burn pile.  Often the glaze is more matte and yellow/brown but this one came out quite dark.

Chunky basket with thick slip and brown ash glaze.

Platter with thick slip and brown ash glaze.

Got The Blues

From the last firing; a few more blue pots.

Coarse clay, thick slip and blue ash glaze.

Blue ash glazed basket.

New Pots 2019

These just came out of the last firing.  I stacked them up and thought they looked great.  So here they are.

All ash glazes except the top one.

                                            And a teapot.

Ash glaze with slip.

Two More From November 2018

Basket with Matte Glaze and Slip

Mugs with Slip and Matte Glaze

Some Photos From the November 2018 Firing

Here are a few of the successful pieces from the last firing.  There were more losses this time: either it  got too hot or we went too fast in the early part resulting in about 20% loss from the front of the kiln.

Fermentation Jar

Temmoku Fermentation Jar

Blue Ash Glazed basket 

Temmoku basket

Blue Ash Glazed Bowl