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Pardon our dust as I rework the layout of Yellow Room Arts!
Back to business
The new wall is up, and everything is where is should be! It only took 3 days to put the boards up – the hardest parts were cutting around light switches, outlets, and ceiling beams. The only thing missing is my “new” Vulcan kiln, which is at Vulcan right now being tested and prepped. It will live next to the Olympic kiln seen in the pictures.
The boards (on both sides of the studio) are from buildings on our farm that were torn down. My dad had finished the west wall (with the shelves) but was not able to finish the east wall before he died.
Time to pug some clay and get to work!
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- Looking west from the door
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- Looking east – this is the new wall I just installed.
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- Looking south.
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- Looking northeast – storage!! And a floor to finish…
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- Northwest corner
Glaze tests, part 3
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- Nairobi Blue with twine imprint
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- Antique Green
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- Mystery Glaze #2
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- Yellow
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- Antique blue
“Mystery Glaze #2″ is made up of what gets rinsed out of my glazing brushes. Once there is enough “glaze sediment” in the bucket, I pour off the water and transfer the new glaze to a lidded container. More water comes to the top and is poured out.
So far, Mystery Glaze #1 and #2 have been blue. #1 was more of a dark denim blue, and #2 is more blue-gray. I’m not holding my breath that Mystery Glaze #3 will be anything other than blue, but you never know!
Posted in glazing
Tagged antique blue, antique green, glaze, mystery glaze #2, nairobi blue, test, yellow
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More glaze tests
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- Orange with corncob texture
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- Moss green
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- Celadon Crackle
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- ? Blue
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- Chain imprint with red
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- Dusty Pink
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- Brick Red
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- Fuschia
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- Celadon
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- Vivid Blue
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- Brown with white sponged over
Glaze testing
Fun with new glazes (and some old ones):
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- Antique Green
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- Dusty Pink
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- Vivid Blue
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- Red
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- Antique Blue
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- Turquoise Yarn Jar
Up and running
The equipment is moved out, the kiln is hooked up, and pottery is being fired! I made a bunch of little “bowl-lettes” (see pictures in a previous post of the pinch pots) for glaze testing and experimentation – pictures will be posted when I remember to bring the camera back over from the studio…
Double-walled bowls, part 2
Here’s the trimming part of making a double walled bowl. Happy potting and if you make one of these, please send me a picture – I’d love to see it!
When you flip the bowl over, the top is the only thing that you will need to trim (if you want to carve into the outer wall, you can do that later). You may need to smooth the bowl part as well – sometimes there is a dent from closing the form.
Double-walled bowls, part 1
Here is part 1 of making double-walled bowls, with instructions. Part 2 will be trimming the piece right side up.
Remember that you are throwing “upside down” – the “rim” of the outside wall is actually the foot of the finished piece!
Center the clay and open all the way to the bottom. However far out you pull the donut of clay will be the diameter of the finished bowl part. Flatten the top of the donut to make splitting it (next step) easier. Clean up the inside of the bowl with a rib or sponge.
Posted in demo, throwing
Tagged centering, closed form, collaring, double walled bowl
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Snow days = clay time
A few of the things I’ve been working on recently. Everything is greenware (not fired in the kiln) because the weather has been too, um, wintery to get the vent hooked up. For some reason, I don’t want to breathe fumes…
Hand worked/pinched clay with texture
Hand worked clay, textured and formed over a round sponge.
Hand "folded" clay vases, salt pigs
