Up in Smoke Pottery Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Here are a few from our last firing. thanks, Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 wow! The second from left is my favorite. Nice Obvara! The "eyes" are traditional marks. I like the lichen too. Thanks for posting. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Chad, those are absolutely beautiful Obvara pots. How did you get the lichen effect? Did you mix the brew on the basis of Marcia's recipe? Thanks for sharing! Evelyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 The lichen patterns seem to grow on smooth surfaces. More dramatic color contrasts seem to occur on textured surfaces. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Thank you for the information, Marcia. I love the lichen pots! I'am interested what brew Chad made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up in Smoke Pottery Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 1 Kg flour, 1 Tbsp sugar, 2 packets yeast, in 10 L of water. I haven't strayed much from the recipe I got from Jane Jermyn's FB group last year. This last group was done in 15 L batches for a workshop, we made a total of 45L of Obvara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up in Smoke Pottery Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 The lichen patterns seem to grow on smooth surfaces. More dramatic color contrasts seem to occur on textured surfaces. Marcia Marcia, I have the lichen pattern grow on not smooth surfaces also. I currently thinking it has to due the breakdown of the the obvara mixture, after the gas in the mix has burned/escaped. The lichen patterns seem to show up at the end of the firings. Its on my notes for the next firing in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 I'll have to watch that. We got some beautiful lichen on rough and burnished pieces at the Alternative Firing conference. But I'll have to go back and look at the photos to see if we had more lichen on the second day. I used a week old mix for a second round of firing in my own studio. I'll have to look closer there too. Thanks for the notes. I'll see if I can let you know more explicitly about our firings. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Here are some of the results from the PC Alterntive Firing Conference in Edina, MN. The first 2 were fired on the first day.The next 2 were fired on the second day using the same batch.of mix. Pretty much the same from Jane Jermyn, See above post by Up in Smoke. So these may not go with your lichen observation.Some were burnished but some were not burnished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up in Smoke Pottery Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Marcia, love the 3rd photo. Definitely need to play more, right now i'm just guessing and taking notes on the firing. If that is week old obvara i may need to play with letting mine age more. Thanks, Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 The first day, the mix was three days old. The second day it was 4 day old. I used week old at my house.The third pot was a Russian woman. It is a beauty M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Thank you Chad for telling us what brew you used. I guess playing around and posting here whenever one or the other is doing an Obvara would be great! Marcia: beautiful pieces! I like the 4th also because of the wavy white rim. Evelyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 this is from a post in July. I thought I had posted the recipe. here is the brew: 1 kilo or 2.2 pounds of flour 1 tbsp of sugar 1-2 packets of yeast 10 liters or 2.6 gallons of water mix, cover and let it ferment for 3 days. SInce this happens at 1650, colder then raku, and you need the porosity of the clay,reduction might obsure the cool patterns. This is from Jane Jerlyn's FB page too.Possibly a loose conversion to standard measurements. Her Obvara work is stunning sculptural forms. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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