oldlady

cats inspired by those originally done by Evelyne, not our Evelyne S, but a different potter. her cats are fabulous and i asked permission to adapt them to my stuff. thank you Evelyne.

more color this year. not everything is green.

color added by respraying too light original. it is hard to judge how much is too little when spraying. especially bisque! this was refired on the bottom shelf with several other things that were too pale.

are these butterdishes identical? give up? look at the centers of the "flowers" to see two different treatments.

large edges on a cracker tray. lets people see the design even when it is filled with crackers. or whatever.

these square dishes sell fast, i hope people like the new color. it is from the overspray during glazing in 2015. i added some copper carb for the greenish look. have only a gallon or so because of its origin.

well, the best laid plans............. not my best glaze job. found some lumps at the edges of leaves. maybe firing with the leaves affected the piece badly after all.

covered in a transparent green glaze this will be a great pot. the dragonfly will be different, maybe purple. MAY 6 UPDATE. came out with lumps in several places. have to suspect leaf bits that my needle did not lift off. ruined. oh, well................

some came off easily and the rest fought all the way.

this pot was put on a shelf to dry a little so i could remove the leaves that i had just covered with slip. i usually get the leaves uncovered right away but that was a bad day and the pot just got pushed to the back of the shelf and i missed it. so, always willing to experiment, i bisque fired the pot with the leaves still in place. IT WORKED! i was able to needle the leaves off the pot and now i can glaze the whole thing in one color with the leaves distinctly different from the background. this is not something i will repeat with this type of leaf, it was a lot more work to get all the edges correct. much easier to lift the entire thing with a needle at the point where all the stems join. doing it when the pot is only damp is simple. if..............you remember to do it on time.

works for both butter dishes and cracker trays, my most popular items. the original is made of bisque, cone 04. it is large enough for me to make each impression just different enough that buyers cannot tell the item came from this "mold". hate that word, what would you call the original?