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touching up color where too thin or where it disappeared in the firing. refired to cone 6 in a cool spot to avoid cracking.
 
cannot get the final glazed pot to post here. computer threw up its hands and screamed ENOUGH when i tried. i had only been trying for several hours. the whole thing froze up and nothing would work for over 25 minutes. it is now 12:58 am. good night all. tried again next day. got it to post in only an hour or so of fighting. final peaches is the name it is under.

Loaded with ash crystals from being in just the right spot in Mark Goertzen's kiln, Dante.

This delicious cup was fired for 96 hours in Justin Rothshank's anagama in Goshen, IN.

Please forgive the cell phone picture quality.

Please forgive the cell phone picture quality.

touching up color where too thin or where it disappeared in the firing. refired to cone 6 in a cool spot to avoid cracking.
 
cannot get the final glazed pot to post here. computer threw up its hands and screamed ENOUGH when i tried. i had only been trying for several hours. the whole thing froze up and nothing would work for over 25 minutes. it is now 12:58 am. good night all. tried again next day. got it to post in only an hour or so of fighting. final peaches is the name it is under.

slab pots made spring, 2015 in fl. after drying, i rub off that high spot showing around the biggest leaf in the nearest pot so it does not form a sharp edge after glazing. it could cut your finger if you leave it. middle pot is done with ferns that insist on growing through the fence. handles made from strips with fork drawn grooves. dragonfly in foreground shows the "holes" made for stringing the metal jewelry piece i modified. they have since been removed.

stannous chloride fumed orbs

This bowl was a process, to say the least. I threw it with whiteware clay, messed with the rim, and covered it completely with black slip. Then, I carved the dragon. I bisqued it, and since carving all those scales took away all of my sanity, I underglazed color onto the bisque, and re-bisqued it. Covered in shiny clear and fired to ^04. Dang thing had little crawl spots, grrr...re-fired to ^03 after adding a bit more glaze to the bald spots. Voíla! Sold it a few years ago for a stupidly low $150... *facepalm* I'dve charged four times that if I was thinking straight. Live and learn!

Meet Max, the polydactyl cat. He has lots of toes and a squishy belly. Fired to ^03.

Large mixing bowl with resisted slip and fluting

I'm not really a cat person, but I chose to work with the basic shape because cats are far less variable in form than dogs and are thus more universally recognized, if that makes any sense. These images are developed using cut-out resists, colored slips, and sgraffito on porcelain.

Cone 10 Electric

Leaves on wide view are pierced and lifted for effect.