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Slab, Slip and Micro Tools
Up until now, my favorite way to create with clay, was to use a pottery wheel. Recently, however, I've been messing with a slab roller. I'm enjoying the pinch pot look that I can get on a large scale...
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Almost
Glazed but not fired yet. I painted a very dark glaze into the carved vine design then wiped away the excess with a damp sponge. Then, I painted a white glaze all around and about the vine design....
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Divine Vine
Well, I am liking the results, but this will still be one-of-its-kind. The overall technique is too tedious but the carving, however, has already been repeated on a vase. Free-style carving on leather...
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This Saturday!!!
I do not know where the time flies away to but it is that time of year again. The last few times the festival day has been really cold with rain all day long . I think we are getting a break this...
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I've Been A Bad Blogger
The Draper Arts and Crafts Festival was another success for me. Not as good as last year due to the fact that there were at least 6 more potters than there were last year. Every year there are more...
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Thermocouple Replacement
After I researched the replacement thermocouple part number for this particular kiln, I ordered 2 online [one for now and one for next time]. The front of the kiln opens like a door once you take out...
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Playing With Local Clay
There has been a lot of construction in my neighborhood and mountains of clay have been sitting on a property nearby after they dug a huge hole for a foundation. Well I had to check it out. I got a...
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Good News and Bad News
The top photo of a pot that is only about 1 inch x 1 x 1 made it through a cone 5 firing. It's a 50/50 mix of local clay and Laguna's B-Mix with grog. Being very symmetrical with a flat bottom made for...
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From Worst to Best
Petite pots are still my favorite thing to make. I took a quick photo of this little gem when it came out of the kiln, just before it was purchased by someone in my class. The funny thing is, the lid...
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More Minis
My mini lidded pots, also known as Petite Pots, are still my favorite things to make. No two are alike and all are "sooooo cute" say my customers. I started with small pots when I was practicing...
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I Like All Kinds of Bats
The upper photo is of my favorite North Star blue bat. Easy to mount on the wheel head pins and mmmmost importantly, my favorite color. The lower picture is the little animal that has been leaving...
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Tiny and Fun
I made some very tiny pots, about the size of a thimble, just for fun. A friend of mine saw them, exclaimed how cute they are but wondered how they could be used. Well, another friend of mine, a...
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Slip Swirl, Slip Scroll
A little slip decoration on these soup mug bowls for the Draper Senior Center fundraiser coming this Fall. The blue mug has some raised terra cotta slip scrolls covered with clear glaze. The other has...
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Count Down To Soup Bowl Event
This Saturday, November 4 is the date. If you are in the neighborhood, be at the Draper Senior Center by 11 am. Buy a beautiful handmade, stoneware bowl for $12 dollars and fill it with all sorts of...
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From start to finish....this incised dish is made with a 50-50 mix of B-mix with grog and Draper clay from my yard. I carved the design when the clay was barely firm so it looks very fluid. Then when...
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A Catching -Up is in Order
I am getting dangerously close to a year passing without posting. Can't let that happen. So the two images are of lots of pots and lots of people who attended the 2017 soup bowl fund raiser for the...
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Keeping At It
The Clay Class has grown over the past year and getting pieces fired is on-going. It's an interesting challenge to pack a kiln to its maximum capacity with the variety of shapes, sizes and thicknesses...
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Am I Blue Over You?
Am I blue over you? If you are my pottery piece, the answer is yes. Beautiful cobalt blue glaze all over the above large lidded pot and the mini lidded pot which sits in front of the large lidded pot...
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When in doubt, carve it out.
!!Whoa!!!! How did a year get away from me? I'm still having fun creating with clay, keeping my clay class going at the center and firing the kiln. This piece is about 11 inches tall. It was suppose to...
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Soup Bowl Event....One last time.
Its getting to be that time of year again.... Soup Bowl Fund Raiser at the Draper Senior Center. It will be Saturday November 2, 2019 11am to 1. Select from a beautiful collection of one-of-a-kind soup...
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