Resume #1) Finished pieces from the kiln

[fadeddenims501]

Are the bowls purely for show or are they food safe after the glazing? I love the colors!

[offcenteredpotter]

these are all food safe!

[masonmvt]

Glazeing problems might be why I feel the same way about throwing? HAHA But I have to glaze, or I don't feel comfortable trying to sell the idea's to my students, alot of samples stay around the studio for show and tell or my boys and I use them everyday, which I really get a kick out of anyways!

[masonmvt]

I've stilted 100's of mine and my students ware at ^5-7 OX, use one or two light painted coats and the heavy wire stilts, to prevent spike from becoming to coated with running glaze. Try using slip, or underglaze to ring on bottom to match better. Some of your highfire look glazes might give you a different look with fewer coats ie, Blue Rutile, but it's better that the starkness of the lightish clay. DebraRay

[credenza1]

I like the random, "painted" effect of the reduced blue/brown glaze on the outside of the larger pot.

[offcenteredpotter]

thanks... it's my favorite

[offcenteredpotter]

I agree about the blue/white bowls (the white is actually tan... doesn't show on camera). I'm not sure why it ran quite so much.

[Marihani]

Riley is such a cutie!

Agree - the students' glazes are nice.

Hydrometer - you and me both! Might not blow up the kitchen, but maybe ruin some shelves in the kiln.

Woah! That blue-brown is GREAT!

Thank goodness for kiln wash, huh?

Blue bowls - I like the effect, but maybe a bit too much white?

Thanks for sharing!

[carolinapottergal]

Thanks for showing your work. I like the inside of the last bowl you showed quite a bit. What color is that? Too bad the glazes ran so much.

One thing I learned in my pottery classes is that when you apply too many layers of colors, it can drip because of a thicker coating than normal. It looks very cool, but it helps to leave more room at the foot and allow for it to run down the sides.

Very nice! Thanks again for sharing.

[offcenteredpotter]

Thanks for commenting. I probably should start leaving a little extra room for the glazes at the bottom. I don't usually, because I just hate that ring at the bottom of pottery. However, not doing it has resulted in several pieces that have be cleaned up by grinding or thrown out all together.

So, maybe I should just start leaving that extra rooms so I won't have the glazes run so much.

Thanks for watching!

[jshremshock]

I used to hate that ring too ..i didnt like the harsh transition from dark color glaze to light claybody. (It took me a while to identify exactly what i didnt like about it.) So i changed my claybody to a darker one..of course that makes the glazes look different but i thought of it as just another pallet.

[jshremshock]

Another aspect i didnt like was not having a nice sharp clean line from glaze to raw clay at the foot. Simple (but took me longer than id like to admit to realize) i use a banding wheel to apply the wax resist. Ive developed the philosophy that i took time and care in forming the piece..i should take the same if not more when glazing.

[offcenteredpotter]

Yeah, interestingly enough, I could just throw all day long, but don't enjoy glazing as much. Probably why I have a whole room full of bisque wear! But, you make a great point.

[slipmymind]

Using small 'stilts' to prop up your pots, might be a more forgiving solution. Kiln wash should catch any stray drips. Alot less cleanup and not so much dry ring.

[offcenteredpotter]

Well, I fire to cone 5/6... so if I stilt them, the stilt would infuse with the bottom of the pot because of the firing temperature.

[artistical88]

maybe you could use wadding? it fires really high i think.