Joseph Fireborn

Some good looking glazes in the gallery Have you called them variation glazes or are they variegation glaze? Not easy with a bit of dyslexia.

I dunno. Variation glazes because they add variety to my pots? I dont even know what variegation means lol... sorry for the confusion I will just change them to glazes.

Variegation is where the glaze splits into two different glass probably because of titanium.

It's not specifically pottery, but it can be applied. Twyla Tharpe's "the Creative Habit!" Is interesting reading about some practical mechanisms involved in creating long term.

Zen and the Art of Pottery.

Thanks everyone for all the kind recommendations and all the personal messages. I didn't mean to scare everyone. It is just standard procedure infusions based on my treatments. Hope everyone has a good new year! I have a lot of reading to do in 2016.

I clean it every day, it takes 30 minutes of my precious time but it is totally worth it

I don't usually make much of a mess, but I had glaze on the floor, and clay everywhere. A good 2 hours of mopping and scrubbing everything down.

My problem is I work out there after my son's bedtime ... by the time I'm done it's 1 am and I'm too tired to clean up my mess. Then the problem builds. Clay is so messy.

Thanks for all the great advice everyone. I appreciate it dearly.

I don't think my stuff is aesthetically where I want it to be, either. A mentor told me once that if it was of a passable level of quality (even throwing, functional glaze), you should sell it off and make room for the next stuff. The work gets better as you make more of it. This I can vouch for.

It's also encouraging to make a little bit of that money you've poured into everything back.

Best kind of day!!

The worst day in the studio, is still better than the best day at work!

That when I glaze fire and realize a mistake in size, or texture, or whatever, I have several weeks of partially finished work with the same mistake because I didn't know yet!

Haha. It's awesome isn't it!

Ah well. Forward progress is all I really want.

I am happy with what I am making now. Just wish there was more time.

Your stuff is awesome.

I am seeing over and over again that people are drawn to the things I especially enjoyed making. Do it! Make things that you would love to buy.

Joseph, can I swipe that idea for an apron for this year's gift exchange down at the studio?!? That would be absolutely PERFECT!!!!

I want to make potter's aprons out of old jeans and I could just SEE that embroidered on the pocket.

It would make a good gift!

Most glazes turn out better if thinned. Add water, double dip the rim. If the rim is better take water out. If the body is better, don't double dip the rim!

Alabama

Potters are devoted to a material that is hard to manipulate, frustrating and under appreciated.

I /agree with that, Denice.

No. I just accepted that batch is bonked and I am using it... I didn't even mix a new batch. I will try again later, for now I am just accepting that I have a 5 gallon bucket of speckled glaze and using it.

Were the 'duns' for dramatic effect?

Lol yes