glazenerd

Neodymium (rare earth) 5%, with 0.10% iron.

Nothing like a perfectly formed crystal.

Nothing like a perfectly formed crystal.

Green Leaf

At the start of a normal day.

Small Christmas tree Ornament made with porcelain, stamped with a stamp of my own design, underglazed.

ginko leaf tray done in Oribe green. recipe is not stable. proved with the vinegar test. tray sold to same person who bought the tree of life rectangular tray. new glaze on bottom tray. different recipe done with the new copper carbonate that is not like the old stuff. much weaker color. lots of re-fires with this glaze. have to get used to pouring it on thickly with my sprayer. have increased amount of copper to 5% since this piece.

This whole bowl was glazed in sun valley. The outside ran quite a bit onto the foot and cookie it was resting on, but the inside result was very interesting. It breaks in a light blue, and can have a whole range of color changes as it melts. In 2013 this was the largest bowl I had managed to throw, it was made out of 10 pounds of clay. Deciding on if I want to use this glaze again on future works, as it is very unpredictable and runny.

Glassy matrix-clay body

Nothing like a perfectly formed crystal.

Zinc crystal 800X

I set a challenge for myself at the beggining of the year to throw more bottles.
Here is one such piece. Straight up ferric chloride coating.

Neodymium (rare earth) 5%, with 0.10% iron.

Pit Fire

Here you can see how each dish is different but compliment each other since the same colors were used for each but in different ways.

Raku w/light copper luster

Stained stoneware stein to be glazed with opaque brown/tan glaze.

Neodymium (rare earth) 5%, with 0.10% iron.

Laser cut test tile. Checking that fine lines stay straight.

Wheel thrown vase with geometric carved design and rainbow pattern in underglaze. Commercial glazes, fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln.