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| My favorite glaze combination |
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| Second favorite, probably |
Pretty exciting to do the first glaze firing in a kiln and to see, for the first time, how the new glazes look when fired! For the most part, I was pleased -- and now have lots of information to use with future firings. Fortunately, there was no running of glazes onto the kiln shelves and the firing process seemed to go just as Skutt promised! Did learn, however, that "nutmeg" does not always like to be the bottom layer on a piece, so will try to remember that in the future.
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| Porcelain mugs with colored slips covered by clear glaze |
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| Stoneware and porcelain |
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| Light and dark |
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| Lots of mugs |
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| Lots of bowls |
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| Test tiles to see how glazes behave |
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Large and small, happy together
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While this load was cooling, I waxed the bottoms of pots for the next firing. Hmm ... wonder if I'll get better about judging how much work will make a full kiln load. Hope so.
The next load will definitely include berry bowls, colanders, plates, a pitcher, and covered butter dishes. Fun! If you see anything on these pages that you want to know more about, just drop me a note:
willowakpottery@gmail.com Studio visits are fine, too, by request.
Remember the paperwhites posted last week? They have continued to impress us:
Love them!
Remember the paperwhites posted last week? They have continued to impress us: