With all the best intentions, I waxed all the bottoms of my class demo bowls. I was planning on finally glazing them all. Instead… after they dried, I stacked them up and put them back on my teacher’s shelf. Again. Let’s just say it is not my first time doing this ritual. Maybe tomorrow??? Ha!!!

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate glazing???

I’ve been so busy prepping for art fairs that I kind of forgot about the new glaze test tiles I ran through my last kiln. Finally getting around to looking at them… some hits, some misses. Promising… but all need a little more exploration.

The glazing continues… and it’s pretty much taking over my studio!!!
And making quite the mess on my wedging table.

Since this is a soda firing, a lot of the surface “glazing” will be created by the soda atmosphere in the kiln. So I typically leave a lot of the exterior clay unglazed. Instead, I like to fill the stamped indentations with temoku glaze.

After painting over all the stamps with glaze, I then take a damp sponge and gently wipe off the top surface. Leaving the glaze in the indentations to help highlight the stamped texture.

Wiped clean, ready for wadding and the on to the kiln!

Had to start somewhere… so first up were these simple ikebana vase disks.

In my pottery class last night, we revisited the Glaze Room and dealt with some more intermediate glazing techniques. Double-dipping, glaze combinations, decorative wax resist, wood ash, stains, spraying and more. Of course we ended with everyone’s favorite. BUBBLES.

A fairly simple trick of adding DAWN dishwashing detergent to a small cup of glaze. Blowing into it with a straw to make bubbles. Then carefully applying them to a glazed pot. Nice patterns. Nice contrast. And so much fun to watch my students giving it a go… like Cecile!

Still glazing & highlighting some textures with a temoku glaze inlay.
Lots of squares… a little something new in the works in the studio.

Still glazing. Still wadding. Working towards loading my soda kiln later this evening. Still a lot of things to glaze… it’s gonna be another late night!!!

A large stamped & glazed platter being loaded into the soda kiln.
Lots of fresh wadding underneath… pressed flat & securely to the kiln shelves.
Hoping that the Kiln Gods protect it from the evil forces of warpage!!!

As my latest bisque kiln continues to cool…
I thought I would get a start on all of the glazing that I need to get done!
And why not start with my favorite?… MUGS!!! Okay, so there’s a few.