well, it is a learning experience, after all....
It's hard to be satisfied with what comes out of the kiln when one's expectations are so high. Well, honestly, for these pieces I was not expecting a lot; I'm a terrific novice when it comes to glazing, and these were specifically experimental.
First, the large bowl for the bro. A small, non-structural crack in the center of the bottom of the bowl produced a small bubbled line in the little glaze puddle there. Otherwise the color is pleasing; I like the selection of house glazes at this studio. Glaze is a bit thin under the rim; I'd anticipated that and had hand-painted more glaze there after dipping, but I can see by the uneven color (not a bad-looking effect, but unintentional) that I could have painted on more:
cone10 stoneware, 10"W by 4"H; two glazes, inside v. outside
Here is my first two-part, joined throw, a sort of stout vase. I experimented with "double-dipping" glazing. The flower shapes were wax resist paintings over the first glazing (the studio's "Old Yellow"); the second dip was into the studio's basic blue glaze:
cone10 stoneware, 5.25"W by 6.25"H; two glazes on exterior, one glaze interior
Detail of exterior. I should have expected the drooping of the flower shapes as the wax melted downward with the glaze over which it was painted. Interesting effect:
Detail showing interior. I used the studio's copper-bearing red, appropriately named "Pete's Red". I'm told it's fairly reliably red on interior walls:
Last but not least, the pitcher I've been lugging around for about two years, finally glazed. I'm not very pleased with the glazing job on this. My single dip was clearly too thin on the upper portion, especially under the rim. The very groggy clay body could easily have used a 2nd dipping. The interior is with the basic white glaze. Despite a good deal of fussing and touch-up painting of it at the rim, there is still a big thin spot where the stone shows through, perhaps darkened by a stain of the exterior's blue glaze.
This pottery thing is a good choice for me: great results can only be achieved by long, sloggering perseverance--- a methodology at which I am not well practiced.
Back to the wheel.....
First, the large bowl for the bro. A small, non-structural crack in the center of the bottom of the bowl produced a small bubbled line in the little glaze puddle there. Otherwise the color is pleasing; I like the selection of house glazes at this studio. Glaze is a bit thin under the rim; I'd anticipated that and had hand-painted more glaze there after dipping, but I can see by the uneven color (not a bad-looking effect, but unintentional) that I could have painted on more:
cone10 stoneware, 10"W by 4"H; two glazes, inside v. outside
Here is my first two-part, joined throw, a sort of stout vase. I experimented with "double-dipping" glazing. The flower shapes were wax resist paintings over the first glazing (the studio's "Old Yellow"); the second dip was into the studio's basic blue glaze:
cone10 stoneware, 5.25"W by 6.25"H; two glazes on exterior, one glaze interior
Detail of exterior. I should have expected the drooping of the flower shapes as the wax melted downward with the glaze over which it was painted. Interesting effect:
Detail showing interior. I used the studio's copper-bearing red, appropriately named "Pete's Red". I'm told it's fairly reliably red on interior walls:
Last but not least, the pitcher I've been lugging around for about two years, finally glazed. I'm not very pleased with the glazing job on this. My single dip was clearly too thin on the upper portion, especially under the rim. The very groggy clay body could easily have used a 2nd dipping. The interior is with the basic white glaze. Despite a good deal of fussing and touch-up painting of it at the rim, there is still a big thin spot where the stone shows through, perhaps darkened by a stain of the exterior's blue glaze.
This pottery thing is a good choice for me: great results can only be achieved by long, sloggering perseverance--- a methodology at which I am not well practiced.
Back to the wheel.....
Labels: 2-part vase, glaze, perseverance, pitcher, serving bowl
