After stacking the kiln full of pots, it was time to close the door last night… brick-by-brick, one at a time. Luckily, I had some eager volunteers to help with the process. The bricks of the kiln door have been well-used & well-worn through MANY soda-firings, so stacking them is an ever-changing challenge. With that, a little sealing of the bigger cracks with some wadding always helps. They all persevered and we finally got it closed up & put to bed for the night.
It was a LONG night of loading, with my SODA WORKSHOP students learning a lot & did a lot of the work! They did a great job collectively… working together to make some loading decisions & working together to get all of their pieces in! Most of them had never loaded a kiln before… so this was.a great learning curve for them!
Last night we started with an empty kiln for my 3-DAY SODA-FIRING WORKSHOP. So my “workshoppers” started their evening with glazing & wadding their bisqued pieces. The goal for last night was to FILL this kiln… and they did!!!
Turned out to be a nice sunny day today, albeit a bit breezy. But I did see a ray of hope… a flowering witch hazel tree! Some say it’s Late Winter… I’m gonna call it Very Early SPRING!!!
You gotta love when a little Valentine’s treat “mysteriously” shows up on your shelf at the studio! It definitely made me smile when I saw it… and even more when I ate that BROWNIE!!! Thanks for making my day Katie!
Morning geometry.
Taking a step in the right direction with the color of the day!
Another healthy & yummy meal…
always looking better & tasting even better on handmade pottery! Thanks for sharing Kristy!
Working on something a little newer & a little bigger… playing with textures again! Looking forward & hoping that these are done & fired before “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS”… my next gallery art show the first weekend of March in Evanston, Illinois. More details to come… and more photos if this “plan” works out?!
I just took the new hybrid mugs & dipped the sides of them into some colored flashing slip. So much easier & cleaner than trying to plaint it on, while not messing up the textures & patterns. And if all goes as planned, the slips will change to some fun colors with cool flashing effects after being soda-fired!