From the Kiln

 

Before Christmas holidays, I missed a week of pottery, so I had to wait until last night to get my pieces.

It felt like a mighty long wait, let me tell you.

 

 A Brie baker/small casserole and a kinda jumbo candle holder.

I love making candle holders - and they are almost always glazed in Kaki (above).

They look old-fashioned to me that way.

 Brushwork on a pitcher - I guess I went a little heavy on the green.

Using a community studio, you never know how the oxides will be mixed - I was expecting it to be quite light like the brown I used the week before.

 There are actually 8 bowls...my son used another blue one for breakfast, and 4 are not yet glazed.  I love the way the colour turned out on the inside (2 each of 4 colours by the time I get them all) so I kind of regret glazing the outside in Ferguson Yellow - but I did it so they would co-ordinate with the set of mugs I made - with a little surprise on the inside.

A pitcher for things like pancake batter.

I really liked how the glaze turned out on the inside rim of this one...but wait, what's that?

 

 What.is.that?

 

One of the unexpected surprises that comes with working in a (very) shared space -somebody's piece exploded in the kiln and a piece landed in my pitcher and fused there.  Grrr.  I am told I should be able to use my dremel to grind it out.  If I do it carefully enough, it shouldn't wreck the glaze....we will see.

Linking this one up with:  Creative Friday at Natural Suburbia