My bisque kiln from last night was still warmer than I would like.
So I decided to let to cool longer and dive into glazing some pieces from an earlier kiln!
I generally start by painting a lot of temoku glaze into all of the stamped impressions.
And then, once the glaze is dried, I take a moist sponge and wipe off the top surface
so that the temoku glaze stays inside the stamped impression – but not on the surface.
I love how the inlaid glaze really shows off the pattern of the stamp, instead of covering
& obliterating it with too much glaze!
But don’t think that they’re done. Oh no, I’ve got a lot of work to do on them first.
Liner glazes, sprayed accents, wadding, etc. So there’s still a lot to do… and even more
coming out of the bisque kiln tomorrow night. Not a lot of time to get everything done.
It’s my plan to load the soda kiln on Friday evening, and fire all day Saturday!
Love, love your stamping accents. What type of clay do you recommend for soda firings along with the white glaze you used to dip these pieces in? Your results are absolutely beautiful!
CHRISTINE – Thank you so much. I enjoy stamping too… if you can’t tell already. My clay body is a mixture of things. I typically use B-Clay in the back of the kiln. And then Soda Clay towards the front of the kiln. Both of them come from Continental Clay in Minneapolis. But then again, I must admit that a LARGE percentage of my work is made from my own mix of reclaimed clay!!! So it varies from batch to batch. As for the “white glaze”… I’m not quite sure what you’re referring to. The outsides of these pots are just the bisqued clay color. Nothing on it except for some glaze inlaid in the stamps, and some colored slip accents on the tops & stamp details. The colors all change dramatically when the clay is exposed to the soda kiln atmosphere.
Thank you so much for your help!
I am getting to put some of my first pieces this weekend in a local salt firing (I am so excited) and just starting to learn the types of clay and glazes to use. Looks like most of your glazing is in the enterior liner glaze. Just realized that the white on your pieces was not a glaze, but your bisqueware base. Silly me!
With your encouragement on your posts I have made a few of my own stamps and absolutely love them! Thank you so much for all your continued postings/blogs. Such an inspiration to all those beginner potters out there like myself. Thanks again!
Hello!
Your work is amazing! Do you ever sell any of your stamps? You have some of the nicest I’ve seen.
LINDA – Sadly, I don’t sell my stamps. But I do get a LOT of people asking me that same question. Maybe I should take the hint?! Once the holidays slow down a bit, I promise I’ll do a blog post about my stamp making process.