Pots from summer 2007

These two are made from mid-cal 0 clay and glazed with Kermit and Mysterious Blue.

Made from: mid-porcelain clay (white clay)
Glazed with: Kermit green and dipped the rim in Dark Clear Green

Mug made with mid-porcelain clay and glazed with Black and Lord Jim

Made from: mid-cal 0 clay
Glazed with: Randy's Red and Black

These two pots are made from mid-cal 0 clay (brown clay) and glazed with Randy's Red and dipped in Black.

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Another disappointment :(

I was firing up my bowls for Ottawa Guild of Potters' annual event: The Great Bowls of Fire last night. I made 7 soup bowls, was thinking to use them to try out different glazing techniques with Ron Roy's Black and Mysterious Blue. When I was potting at the Nepean Visual Art Centre (NVAC), I had this lovely combination of NVAC's black with Mysterious Blue (as seen on the right). However, I've been having trouble with the NVAC's black recipe, so I went with Ron Roy's Black. It looks pretty smooth and all. However, it just doesn't have the same effect as the NVAC's black and mysterious blue. It's quite disappointing. Also, I might have made too thick of a layer for the black, it cracked a little too. notice the chip - this one is with the same technique as shown above) this one is done by pouring in mysterious blue on black Unfortunately, since the chipping is in the inside of the bowl, I can't tak...

It has been a busy first month of 2015...

It has been quite a busy month for me. I've been doing some overtime at work but also managed to make new pieces (mostly mugs). Also to fulfil my list last year, I made 2 teapots during the last few days of December and assembled them in January. I think they need to have a couple of teacups to accompany them. :) I will need to make a new lid for this teapot as the gallery is quite small for this teapot and the lid can easily slide into the pot. I will be making bowls this weekend, hopefully I will have enough to fill the kiln soon.

June Report

Today is July 2 and a stat. holiday in Canada. Summer is in full force, we have a heat wave here in Ottawa for the whole week. The temperature with humidity is over 40 C. It's not even 10am yet and here is our current temperature. Guess turning on the kiln would be a bad idea. Just like I suspected last month that finding time to make new pieces would be difficult in the summer months... However, I managed to find a few hours on one weekend, but only 2 pieces survived. Since it's a holiday today and it's quite warm out, guess staying in the basement and work on some new pieces would be ideal. Let's see how it goes for the month of July.

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