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4 new glazes
The Draper Senior Center's soup bowl fund raiser was so successful this past November, we are already planning for this November. Since we will be making 100 bowls this time around, we need a good...
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Mug of many glazes
From bottom to top, the glazes are, Burnt Orange, Iron Red, Brown Mottled, Colonial White and a drizzle of Catalina Crackle in the middle.
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Drippy Soup Bowls
At the fundraiser, I noticed that people were looking for "his" and "her" soup bowls. So even though no two bowls will be identical, I have decided to give myself the challenge of making some bowls as...
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Glaze fix
A previous, temporary instructor of the senior center had purchased a large amount of Laguna Catalina Crackle, without testing. Bad idea. It ran like it was in a marathon, and blistered leaving sharp...
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Soup Toureen Bowl
We've got almost 50 bowls completed and we have 50 more to make. I don't feel like I've even hit my stride in bowl creativity. As I was bringing in this pot for firing, I received some encouraging...
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Never put an egg in your pocket
We have a small flock of chickens and I needed to bring one egg in the house to refrigerate. Who needs a basket for one egg. I'll remember I've got an egg in my pocket. Well one distraction led to...
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Medallion bowls
I carved a little stamp to make my own medallions on yet another soup bowl. Seattle Pottery Supply's Shadow Green glaze brings it all together. Iron Red glaze accents the medallions and dripped a...
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The bowl of drips
Yes, I am still working on soup bowls. I can't actually remember my initial plan for glazing this particular bowl but I know this wasn't it. But sometimes when you get cool drips, you've got to keep...
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Light to dark
I got the idea that a vase would have an interesting look if I could get the glazes to blend from light to dark. Overlapping multiple glazes that I had, sort of did the job. I had to use a glaze that I...
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Storms have passed
We had an all-day rain yesterday with snow in the mountains. A few days before that, the wind gusted to over 45 mph. Some folks around Utah State were without power due to downed trees on power lines....
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I spoke too soon
I woke up to sleet and snow, with enough accumulations to make the lawn white and the roads slushy. The weather people claim it will be sunny and in the 50s by afternoon. To me, it looks like a great...
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Getting ready
Saturday, May 10 there will be the 2nd annual Draper City Arts and Crafts Festival. I was going to be lazy and not participate but my daughter convinced me to enter. Since I started making pottery...
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Attention Utahns!
I am so excited! I have been assigned booth #10 which is in the open pavilion. I have made limited edition and one-of-a-kind pieces for this event. Great gifts for Mom's Day which is Sunday. So come...
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Draper Arts and Crafts Festival 2014
I had a very enjoyable day at the festival and the time just flew by. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. Meeting the Events Director, attendees, customers and fellow vendors was a great pleasure. I am...
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It's barbecue season
I couldn't waste a perfectly good barrel fire without doing some experimenting. Before I started the fire, I put a few of mostly small pieces of pottery (1.5 inches wide and high) in the bottom of an...
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New glaze combinations
Same old glazes, new combinations. Loving the results. This is one of the bisqueware pieces I had sitting on my shelve for about a year and a half. I finally forced myself to finish it. My glazing...
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Cobra stamp for mugs
I've been working on a project for a friend. I made the cobra stamp from an impression I took off a car medallion. If you know your cars, you'll know which one. The details came out better than I...
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Cobra mug
I think this is the best mug I have made so far. It is large but light, a strong and simple shape but enough detail on the lip and foot area to keep it interesting. (I did use a rib this time when...
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A few more cobras
I had made a few more pieces just in case of a failure of some sort. There are so many stages where a piece can go wrong, ie ...cracks at bisque firing, or even exploding or someone else's piece...
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Small and detailed
These small pendants get a loop of Kanthal A1 annealed 16 gauge wire shortly after they are formed. This allows me to hang them for glazing. I started making little things when I first got into working...
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