At the bottom of this kiln are the ghost and monster mugs. I can't wait for this to be cool enough to see them! The new laguna 60 snowmen look great. I forgot to add in the eyes and buttons, but I think I really like it that way.

The glaze on the 3D star ornaments slide right off in places, first time I've had that happen. Very thankful for my advancer shelves!

The chicken is looking pretty awesome. I decided to do the eyes with acrylic because I'm still not great at them.

There is a lot of holiday stuff in this kiln, this is the first of a few of those.

First I make the things then I glaze the things. Glazing is definitely not as much fun as making, but being able to lay it all out on the tables and make it more systematic definitely helps me. I lay out like things together and will also group things that are going to get the same glaze together. This helps make glazing go more smoothly and streamlined.

Everything laid out here is for the holidays and there is still more on the shelves to glaze! I also realized that I need to make more mugs so I'm bouncing back and forth between glazing and mug making right now.

The flowers are so amazing! They feel like a departure from my normal work, but they also fit with the overall nature theme I have going. I still have some plates that are bisque that I'm going to do in this motif. We'll see how others like these, but I definitely want to make more. I'll post more of a tutorial on how I did this when I do the plates.

I was worried that my experiment with the nutcrackers wasn't going to come out, but I love them. I didn't think the grey was going to be enough, and I was right. The slightly colored hats really makes them pop.

This kiln has a lot of refires and they all came out better the second time - which doesn't always happen. Adding a bit more sand and surf really helped the lily pads and the pumpkins.

Only one ugh in this kiln. I made a large platter and for some reason I didn't make an x on the bottom just one vertical foot. Of course, it sagged. Not sure if it's savable, but the top sure is pretty.

Inside: Mayco Frosted Lemon Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Orange a Peal, Sunkissed, Cant a Lope, Tuxedo, Java Bean	Inside: Mayco Frosted Lemon Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Melon-Choly, Cutie Pie Coral, Dandelion, Tuxedo, Java Bean
Inside: Mayco Lavender Mist Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Fruit of the Vine, Butter Me Up, Grapel, Tuxedo, Java Bean	Inside: Amaco Tangelo Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Orange a Peal, Sunkissed, Cant a Lope, Tuxedo, Java Bean
Inside: Amaco Tangelo Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Orange a Peal, Sunkissed, Cant a Lope, Tuxedo, Java Bean	Inside: Mayco Lavender Mist Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Fruit of the Vine, Butter Me Up, Grapel, Tuxedo, Java Bean
Inside: Mayco Frosted Lemon Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Melon-Choly, Cutie Pie Coral, Dandelion, Tuxedo, Java Bean	Inside: Amaco Tangelo Bird: Mayco Bluebeard, Dandelion Flowers: Mayco Orange a Peal, Sunkissed, Cant a Lope, Tuxedo, Java Bean
50/50 Mix of Gerstley Borate and Iron Oxide when wet Clayscapes Oribe	Georgie's Sand and Surf White Cloud x2 Stem: Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Vine: Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Refire: added more Sand and Surf	Mayco Red Iron Oxide, Clayscapes Nutmeg Stem: Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Vine: Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Georgie's Indigo Zinc Free Clear Stem: Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Vine: Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Hat, Eyes, Buttons: Mayco Tuxedo x2 Nose: Mayco Orange a Peal 2167 Clear
Amaco Smoke x3 Mayco Hot Tamale, Sunkissed, Just Froggy x2	Amaco Smoke x3 Mayco Hot Tamale, Sunkissed, Just Froggy x2
Laguna 60 Amaco Cobalt x3 Amaco Snow x2 (or was it Mayco Cotton Tail, really not sure)	Laguna 60 Mayco Underglaze Designer Liners Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, and White 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Mayco Cotton Tail, Sunkissed, Dandelion, Cheeky Pinky, Java Bean 2167 Clear	Refire: there was a chip on the rim I fixed with some more norse blue and flux
Refire: added more Sand and Surf, so much better!	Refire: added more Sand and Surf, so much better!
Refire: had missed some birs so I added Hot Tamale	So nice on the front Mayco Iron Oxide Clayscapes Clear
Sad on the back! Not sure this is salvageable

I can't see the flowers on the bowl in this pic! I did tilt my head and I think it's going to be amazing. A couple of refires on the top here that seem to have come through well. Really liking how the nutcrackers came out, I thought the grey on its own would be too dark and the red, yellow, and green hats help it pop.

I can't wait to open this and see the flower mugs and bowls. Cool kiln cool!

I saw a picture of a triangle scarf that was actually attached and had to make one. Take the pattern for any triangle scarf and when it gets to be about arms length - start crocheting in the round on the long side. Taper in the neck a bit. Voila!

I can't wait for it to be cool enough to wear this.

This is a little off brand for me, but I'm feeling flowery.

This poncho was a labor of love. There was so much frogging that happened making this. It came out amazing though. Unfortunately no pattern because it was such a labor of love. I've had a few people ask me about buying it. I can't let it go right now though.

The yarn is from A Hundred Ravens and its 2 Large Yaksha Gradient skeins in Famous Rainbows of the 80s. The the trees were some random brown I had in my stash of leftovers.




Trying to show more of it laid out on the floor.

Remember the hexagons from my last post? As I was looking at them I started seeing Frankenstein's block head. I think I love this one even more than the ghost!

I've wanted to make a ghost mug for a while. I kept circling on how I could do it and then it occurred to me that I have a couple of extruder dies that might work. I ended up using the one that looks kind of like a pasta noodle. I still have a little more refinement to do, but I think it's so cute. I did this in laguna 60 and my plan is to glaze these with Amaco Snow which will have a nice sparkly effect with the specks from the clay.




I started with a bunch of extruded pieces that were all roughly the same height.




then I cut out bottoms to match them.




I had also extruded some hexagons...more on these later this week.

Last week in NY I made a few ghosts and I'm happy to say they all made it home.

Brandywine Festival of the Arts is this Saturday and Sunday September 7th and 8th in Wilmington, DE. My space is R-68. I hope to see you there.

We were up at the cabin this week and one of the things I did on a very sunny and beautiful day was crochet tiny hats and scarves for snowmen. Which leads of course to a snowman fashion show. Which one is your favorite?





























Why did the turkey cross the road? Because it has stuff to eat in it!

Yay for fall and snowmen. I ended up doing no traditional pumpkins. I thought I was going to do some orange ones, but when it came time to glaze I was in a different mood. A few of them, and some plates, came out lighter than I thought they would. I think my sand and surf is already really watered down so I didn't need to wipe back. I think I'm going to refire most of the stuff I used that on.

I'm not sure how I feel about the mushroom mugs. They are mushroom mugs, but they aren't as cool as I wanted them to be.

Laguna 60 Mayco Red Gloss x3 White Gloss x3	Laguna 60 Mayco Green Gloss x3 White Gloss x3
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Inside and Rim - Midnight Ceramics Bogeyman x3 Stamps Mayco Silver Lining, Bluebeard, Cotton Tail, Tuxedo	Various Mayco UG on the Baloons The mug was Coyote Oasis x3 but I didn't have a lot then I added a coat of Kentucky Mudworks Triton and some Mayco Light Flux
Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Triton x3 Mayco Light Flux on the rim	Georgie's Sand and Surf Pigment wiped back White Cloud x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Eggshell Wash x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Georgie's Indigo Pigment wiped back Zinc free clear x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Georgie's Indigo Pigment wiped back White Cloud x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Mayco Iron Wash wiped back Clayscapes Nutmeg x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Mayco Black UG wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack O Lantern, Sunkissed, 2167 Clear Kentucky Mudworks Aragonite x3
Mayco Orange a Peal x2, 2167 Clear	Mayco Orange a Peal x2, Tuxedo x 2, 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Midnight Ceramics Sexy Mermaid x2	Mayco Fruit of the Vine x2 Sour Apple x2 Mayco Sandstone x2, Norse Blue x3, Light Flux where they meet
Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear x2 Amaco Seaweed x3 back and rim	Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear x2
Amaco Smoke x3	Amaco Smoke x3 Mayco Hot Tamale
Amaco Smoke x3 Mayco Hot Tamale	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Mayco Iron Wash Wiped Back Clayscapes Oribe	Mayco Iron Wash Wiped Back Clayscapes Oribe
Mayco Sandstone x2, Norse Blue x3, Light Flux where they meet	Refire just added a bit more Mayco Rasberry Mist because of some bubbling