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Kiln Results 3/7

March 11, 2024

The ginko came out so amazing! The glaze has depth, but somehow still didn't lose the texture. I'm so happy with it. The lavender isn't new, but the shot glasses are. Somehow the lavender always makes me feel somewhat peaceful.


Kiln Results 3/7
KY Mudworks Sunflower x2 (Heavy Coats)
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Close Up KY Mudworks Sunflower x2 (Heavy Coats)
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Bright Violet and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Colors for Earth Lemon Peal and Laurel Green
Mayco Lavender Mist x3
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x2
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/7
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear

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Kiln Sneak Peak 3/7

March 07, 2024

A more varied kiln this time. Still some leftover crabs, but also a lot of lavender. There is a ginko platter that I"m excited about too.

Kiln Sneak Peak 3/7




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Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!

March 04, 2024

I can't believe that it's March already. I've made a lot, but this is the first kiln to make it all the way through. It is all crabs! Nothing but crabs. There will be more exciting stuff soon. I did have one crab test in here with blue crabs, but I'm not loving it. The red just pops the way the blue on blue doesn't.

One other small test in here with diagonal crabs in the trinket dishes. It made it so much easier to glaze, will be doing this again.


Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear
Kiln Results 3/2 First Kiln of 2024!
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back
Mayco Moody Blues x2
Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps
2167 Clear

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Glaze Sneak Peak 3/2

March 02, 2024

This kiln is all crabs. Nothing super exciting, but glad to have some inventory. I do have a couple of blue crab tests in here. We'll see if that becomes a thing or not.
Glaze Sneak Peak 3/2




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Dill Earrings

February 10, 2024

I had forgotten about this jewelry until I was cleaning up. I made it back in December, but needed to add the neclace and earring hardware. The picture is a bit messy, but I love how the actual pieces turned out. Dill Earrings




Dill Earrings




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My First Kintsugi Attempt

January 02, 2024

At one of my December shows I was a klutz and knocked over my ornament trees. Surprisingly I only had 4 ornaments break. One was beyond repair, but the other three were just broken in one place. I've been wanting to try kintsugi for a long time and even had a few other pieces set aside for when I finally got around to it. I decided to take the plunge and try it. I already have e6000 that I use for making magnets and decided for this first foray that would be good enough as an adhesive. So all I needed was the leaf adhesive and the metal leaf paper.

I had done a good bit of research and decided that I could use imitation leaf vs spending on the real thing for my first try. I did have 3 colors to choose from (gold, silver, brass), but for these I went with all gold.

My First Kintsugi Attempt




Step 1 was to do a little sanding. Two of the larger plates weren't actually broken they just had a deep crack. I sanded the edges so they weren't as rough. Step 2 was to glue the pieces together. As I said before I used e-6000 as the glue. For the pieces with the cracks I just wanted to fill them in. It took me a couple of tries to figure out how to get glue into the cracks without having it spill over. It was some careful wiping down. I let the glue dry overnight so it had time to solidify.



My First Kintsugi Attempt




Step 3 is to add the leaf adhesive. The directions said to let it dry for 30 minutes or until it isn't cloudy any more. I made my fingers sticky touching it. Step 4 is to add the gold leaf. It's hard because if you get the adhesive on your fingers then the paper sticks to your hands and not the pottery. Took me only one try to learn that lesson. It helped at some points to break the leaf into smaller pieces before I tried to apply it. I found that for different pieces I liked different widths of the leaf. For the first piece I did the front first and then switched to doing the back first so that I could learn more. The first side you do needs to be completely done so that you don't have other things sticking to the adhesive.

My First Kintsugi Attempt






The last step is to spray with a sealer. I only had a matte sealer and I thought it wouldn't make a difference. It absolutely did. I still like these pieces, but I will definitely be buying a gloss sealer for the future.

My First Kintsugi Attempt






This was really fun to try, but I definitely won't be doing it frequently. I did put the ornaments on my tree immediately and love them. However, the plates aren't functional. They will make nice wall art, but these aren't things that I think most people would want. I don't have a lot of pieces break in the firing process, but those that do will likely continue to end up in the trash. I will reserve this for speical pieces that break that I don't want to lose.

My First Kintsugi Attempt






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Christmas Kiln

December 26, 2023

Well I should have scraped off the bear glaze. Aside from that everything else looks great, but that bear is saggy. I do love how all the dill items came out.

Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60
Left: Spectrum Autumn purple x1 on the top, x2 on the bottom. Mayco Light flux on the bottom. Spectrum Kimchi x1 on the top
Right: Spectrum Sangria x1 on the top, x2 on the bottom. Mayco Light flux on the bottom. Spectrum Kimchi x1 on the top
Birds are Mayco BlueBird x2 Sunkissed on the nose
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Amaco Snow x3
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Norse blue x3, Mayco Light flux sweeps
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x2 (ok maybe more on the one on the right :)
Christmas Kiln
Colors for Earth Bright Green, Lemon Peel
Amaco Moss x3 on the rim
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Colors for Earth Bright Green, Lemon Peel
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Colors for Earth Bright Green, Lemon Peel
Amaco Moss x3 on the rim
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Colors for Earth Bright Green, Lemon Peel
Top 3 rows: Amaco Marigold x3 on rim and back
Bottom 3 rows: Amaco Moss x3 on the rim and back
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Cotton Tail x2, Hot Tamale
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Cotton Tail x2, Hot Tamale
Kentucky Mudworks Cherry Blossom x2 on the rim and back
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Norse blue x3, Mayco Light flux sweeps
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Norse blue x3, Mayco Light flux sweeps
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Norse blue x3, Mayco Light flux sweeps
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back
Mayco Norse blue x3, Mayco Light flux sweeps
Mayco Hot Tamale x2
2167 clear
Christmas Kiln
Body: Coyote Really Red x3
Hat: Opulence Emerald x3
Various Mayco stroke and coats

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