pottery class week 9
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jinianGoing through everyone's glaze-fired items and finding three of mine. Hunting through all the bisqueware trying to find my items. Waxing some. Finding new areas of bisqueware. Glazing some. Hunting through bisqueware some more. Glazing some more. Etc.
The last glaze firing is Wednesday of this week, and there were so many bisqued pieces I wasn't sure I'd found everything. (I'm planning to do another pass at lunchtime today, when I hope there will be very few things left.) But I was proud of my plate in particular, having handled many heavier plates in my long and thorough searches. I actually thought of a good use for Twitter, which had previously justified its existence mainly through Feminist Hulk -- Pottery NW should tweet when the student firings are done.
Bowls have been dipped in glaze! I really have no recollection of which is which. Unfortunately, I took a couple of chips off the rims through incautious finger positioning. I left them to see how they come out: will the glaze liquefy enough to cover them, or will there be little bare spots?
The chips provided me a reason to use these excellent tongs when I dipped the outside of the African-violet pot. (TCBC glaze, a turquoise color with blue highlights and sometimes sort of pinkish, should look neat with the scratched-up surface.)
Little flowerpot! Likely to go to Beautiful Cousin #1, who asked for flowerpots for Christmas. (Celadon glaze.)
Gallant mug was all glaze-fired and ready when I arrived. Goofus mug was nowhere to be found. (Clear blue-purple glaze, not sure why but the inside came out all interestingly pitted.)
Dramatic drippiness looks really neat on this large bowl -- look at that pink edge! (Celadon glaze.)
NOT MY WORK. I only wish I were so awesome as to make a charming, realistic pig cookie jar. It is so great. If I knew who made it I might ask them if I could buy it, I am that impressed.
The last glaze firing is Wednesday of this week, and there were so many bisqued pieces I wasn't sure I'd found everything. (I'm planning to do another pass at lunchtime today, when I hope there will be very few things left.) But I was proud of my plate in particular, having handled many heavier plates in my long and thorough searches. I actually thought of a good use for Twitter, which had previously justified its existence mainly through Feminist Hulk -- Pottery NW should tweet when the student firings are done.
Bowls have been dipped in glaze! I really have no recollection of which is which. Unfortunately, I took a couple of chips off the rims through incautious finger positioning. I left them to see how they come out: will the glaze liquefy enough to cover them, or will there be little bare spots?
The chips provided me a reason to use these excellent tongs when I dipped the outside of the African-violet pot. (TCBC glaze, a turquoise color with blue highlights and sometimes sort of pinkish, should look neat with the scratched-up surface.)
Little flowerpot! Likely to go to Beautiful Cousin #1, who asked for flowerpots for Christmas. (Celadon glaze.)
Gallant mug was all glaze-fired and ready when I arrived. Goofus mug was nowhere to be found. (Clear blue-purple glaze, not sure why but the inside came out all interestingly pitted.)
Dramatic drippiness looks really neat on this large bowl -- look at that pink edge! (Celadon glaze.)
NOT MY WORK. I only wish I were so awesome as to make a charming, realistic pig cookie jar. It is so great. If I knew who made it I might ask them if I could buy it, I am that impressed.
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Date: 2010-12-01 08:16 pm (UTC)And, the pig! The peeg!
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Date: 2010-12-01 08:55 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2010-12-02 06:16 am (UTC)Awesomeness!!!!
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Date: 2010-12-03 07:53 pm (UTC)I'm impressed how well-shaped your pots are, considering you were a pottery wheel beginner, and some of the glaze colours you've chosen are amazing!