Sunday, May 31, 2009

Last Three Weeks

Last three weeks have been hectic work wise, I was out travelling on business for a week. However I found time to do some really interesting work in the studio.

Since my last post, I did a set of bowls, a set of largish cups and a lidded storage container. As I said before in this set of 2 classes my focus will be to do sets, hence learning to throw repeatable work. My first set was a set of bowls. Initially I though they came in very nice. However, as I worked on them to trim and finalize I think the issues were visible. Below are the bowls now completed, turned and ready for bisque firing.



Next, I did a set of largish cups. As the shape was done free form the first cup was easy, but the challenge was when I had to replicate another 5 to match the first one. I struggled during the second pot but by the time third was thrown I got hang of how the replicate this interesting shape.




next up was handles for the cups. This was a struggle, I need lot of practice pulling handles, I am pulling them uneven at the moment. The cups above with handles look something like this now.



It was yesterday that the cups (above) got their handles and trimming and then I did a small lidded storage can. This is going to be interested, for the first time I threw a knob up lid directly from the clay hump. The picture below is how the jar and lid looks. They were freshly thrown when this picture was taken.



More soon....

Whitelight








2 comments:

  1. Hi Whitelight ! Awesome, I love the bowls and cups. It must be difficult indeed to get members of a set to come out "matching"--well done on the work thus far. What colors do you glaze or fire ? I noticed mention in previous post of white. Do you plan to decorate or put patterns on them ?

    I am loving the pottery, keep making more !

    Cheers,
    Kim

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  2. Thanks for your words Kim, I plan to use different glazes. There are some 20 plus glazes to choose from, I have not yet worked what will go on what. But these will be simple glazes of maybe some patterms with multiple glazes. I do not plan to paint on them yet.

    Once I have a certain "volume" of these ready, I will getinto a bisque firing ->Glazing-> firing mode.

    Whitelight

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