Hulk

Last Winter I helped with the adult Ceramics class assisting the teacher with wheel throwers and doing demonstration projects that became door prizes when finished. These were the completed pieces done during the 6 Saturday class. I was not completely comfortable with the glazes in the studio as things have changed since 2009, new room, new glazes, old and new equipment, new challenges.

"Emerging" references post trauma healing.

HMS. No. 8 "Not Broken" -reference is trauma survivor, more together than not, complete and whole "as is".

several years later, 2022, i realize that i have not updated the use of barium in my glaze.  it was only 8% but i found that the final glaze surface would scratch easily so it is no longer in use.  much too tender for functional work.

Refired in electric to 04 after cone 03 reduction cooled glaze fire. I was trying to get rid of some pinholes. The lustrous surface is not a photography artifact, this pot is beautifully metallic. Unexpected. 

This is a sample of my latest firing. The purple in the lids of the urns is apparently from the reflection of the wall behind the group. All glazes are Amaco Potter's Choice and Obsidian Celadon in layers fired to ^6. The mug in the front is actually a single firing (no bisque) which was successful. my next glaze firing will be a bunch of test tiles using the same glazes fired to ^5.

This was an attempt at reproducing a particular glaze style on 6 bowls for a kinda matched set. I thought they came out pretty close...

The customer wanted a very plain plate. Customer also wanted a tan with little to no rust breaking. It took well over 100 test tiles to develop. Then numerous plate firings to get the glaze application thickness just right.
This glaze was developed by mixing a clear at 60% and a matte at 40%. The color was developed by adding 2% rutile, 2% tin oxide and 1.6% RIO.
The glaze has some visual movement. This glaze is food safe with no cutlery marking. Cutlery dragged across the glaze has little to no sound. The glaze does not  physically move when fired - stays where you put it.

It's all about the curve!
I'd been ribbing the outside, smoothing the rim, then shaping from the inside. Now I'm ribbing the outside, smoothing the rim, shaping from the inside - a bit past the curve at the bottom and into recurve at the top, then re-shaping with the rib from the outside - back into the curve, and finally, touching up the rim.
...might have it down in a few years...

First ever glaze recipe I mixed

2 thumbs up for strong women!

My Faux celadons recipe  
 Posted this recipe years ago
Selsor Faux Celedon ^6 Oxidation
Whiting 18.5
Neph Syen 25.8
EPK 18.8
Silica 31.1
Gerstley B 4.6
total.                            98.8
Copper carb 0.3
Mason #6600 Black 0.02