WillowAK Pottery

Typically, I shoot photos of new work out of the kiln,  and sometimes include shots of work yet to be glazed.  These serve, primarily, as reference images for me down the line, but also give others an idea of what I'm working on.   A wrinkled, bright blue flannel sheet is probably not the best background, but it's such a soft and washable surface to set work on in the studio.  Here's what I shot today: Fluted bowls. How's that for color? Cheerful!  Trays with texture...John's fish for sushi Leaf tray hand built using slab of porcelain Black,white, gray, with red accent on large, shallow bowl and matching small bowl Coasters, critters, and conifer Colander for the cooks -- sage and cadet blue The lace imprint on the coaster in the top, left corner is actually from the material used in my wedding veil -- nearly 50 years ago.  You'll be seeing more of that in my work. Other coasters are fish, flower, and leaf imprints. ...

Open Studio on Saturday, June 28 (10:00-5:00) and Sunday, June 29 (1:00-5:00) WillowAK Pottery pieces are also available at: Sourdough Mercantile in Ted Stevens International Airport; The Tangled Skein in Eagle River; Town Square Art Gallery, and All I Saw Cookware in Wasilla; Non-Essentials in Palmer; and Willow Creek Gallery in Willow.    You didn't hear about the last glaze firing, and there's a reason for that.  I ended up pitching about half the mugs because they were problematic. It seems the probable cause was stress between the exterior and interior glazes, causing the clay to crack -- dunting.  There were some new glaze batches involved and there are some tests yet to be done, one of which is firing as I am writing. It was difficult to lose so much work, but in the big picture of life, such a small problem; the only good I see in the experience is that  I now have an ample supply of beautiful porcelain pieces,  with lovely glazes, ready for ...