Fresh from the soda kiln… my little boxes! Done just in time for “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS”… our Pop-Up Exhibition & Sale that starts tomorrow in Evanston! If all goes well, all four of the 4×4 artists will be making “little boxes” in their own medium for a very special display. I made a few extra… as I only “really” need four. But always hedging my bets in the soda kiln. Four boxes by four artists.

Get it?…. 4×4.

You know how I promised you more… we’ll here are the last of them for today!

More textures. More patterns. More colors.
More flashing effects from the soda kiln.
And wonderful textures from my collection of hand rollers from MKM Pottery Tools!!!

Even more textured fun for TEXTURE TUESDAY! You know I love pattern, texture & color… and how perfectly the soda-firing process works to make it all come together!!!

Celebrating another TEXTURE TUESDAY with some beautiful textures fresh out of the soda kiln! These are just a few of the surfaces created with my hand rollers from MKM Pottery Tools. Along with a bit of colored flashing slips, some glaze accents & the beauty of the soda kiln all coming together to make some great surfaces! More to come…

Just a couple more hybrid mugs… showing off some bright colors from the soda kiln. See, not all soda-fired pots need to be brown or gray!!! And I love how the soda atmospheric firing totally touches & highlights the patterns & textures made by some of my MKM Pottery Tools hand rollers!

Fresh from the soda kiln in time for another MUGSHOT MONDAY!
These hybrid mugs got some great colors & flashing marks. Most of these hybrid mugs are slated for a special commission, with the rest going to “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS” this coming weekend.

If you can’t make it to the 4×4 show… I’m sure I’ll be making a few more batches of my hybrid mugs for upcoming shows & art fairs!!!

Here’s another great example of soda-firing… BEFORE & AFTER.

This collection is mostly Kelsey’s handbulit pots. Some classical forms with some contemporary surfaces. It’s cool to see them side-by-side to see & how they all transformed during the firing.

Well done Kelsey!!!

After unloading the kiln, my 3-DAY SODA WORKSHOPpers also got to finish it out with the “glamorous side” of soda-firing. They had the “privilege” of scraping all the shelves, adding a new layer of kiln wash, cleaning the fire boxes, sweeping & mopping the floor! I mean… they want to “experience” soda-firing… and now they’ve done ALL of the steps in the process! They all had a great time… and are already asking if they can do another firing with the same group!!! WELL DONE TEAM!!!

Happy faces all around when the door was off of the soda kiln for my 3-DAY SODA-FIRNG WORKSHOPpers!!! They were so excited Wednesday night as they unbricked, unloaded & admired their new soda-fired pottery! Becky was giddy & Kelsey was documenting with photos!

A glimpse inside the soda kiln after firing with my 3-DAY SODA-FIRING WORKSHOP. A lot of different pots by a lot of different potters. They all had a great time & did a good job loading their kiln… and now they can enjoy the soda-fired “fruits of their labor”!!!