This blood-red glaze (Pinnell’s red-orange, it’s called) is a rich, true red. I use it inside all of my covered vessels, whatever the outside glaze, likening the piece to a human body, which is also red on the inside, if you’ve ever looked. An exception is that it is a steely gray when applied thinly, as on those two pourers. I like that too.
A small baker with oceanic traces, glazed in celadon and opal blue, with unglazed handles. The provenance of the shell is Assateague Island, not that it matters.
Lots of little bowls, for garlic, cinnamon, curry, mahlab, zaatar. Whatever you’ve got.
Various glazes. Photo by me December 2015.These and pieces like these will be for sale at the Upshur Street Craft Market on Saturday.
These three bowls nest well. I have donated them to the DC Sierra Club as a silent auction item for the annual party tomorrow evening, December 9, in Brookland. See the website. Come.
Loading the bisque kiln — a new thing for me — is like loading a dishwasher without shelves. Where the dishes can break if you pick them up wrong.
It’s firing now, up to about 1,200 deg. F., then cooling off tomorrow.
And no, I don’t know what that blue thing is either.
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Small baker in a wheat ash glaze. A little bit of mac and cheese can be so satisfying.
(The stamped initials are a sign of authenticity.)
One jar with two lids. Why? You want the finished piece to have the best elements in combination. If I made one lid, or one handle for a jar or mug, what are the chances that that one would fit or be proportional? Make an extra (or two, or three). In this case I just finished both lids, bear and bird.
The green pot and lid have Pinnell’s Red Orange inside.
This covered jar/bowl is seven inches tall at the shoulders, standing on an eight-inch broad frozen sea.
Detail of its precarious footing.
Photos by me.
A little clay sweater in the works.
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Watershed Clayworks 