I recently purchased GR Pottery's Wallie Crescent Moon. I liked the shape, but I really wanted to know if they would fit together in a larger pattern - which they do. How cool would this be as a lazy susan centerpiece?
This goblet was first in Annie's cups class and then we practiced it at the workshop. I really love this form. I think I want to alter it slightly, but I love the s-curve shape and the elevated foot.
This was made with another new Mugg Plugg, I think it's the 942. However, when cutting the form I messed up. It was too big then I was cutting on the fly and made it too small at the top. I made lemons from lemonade and made this little v-shape. I like it. I am worried that it will not have fit for purpose though and is too small and will tip over. We will see once it comes through glaze firing.
Still playing with a puki foot and designing a new bowl around it. These are the same dimensions except one is taller than the other. I feel like this is a nice serving bowl, or a bowl for a lot of ice cream. I plan on making a few more. I think I might also try to create a lid for for a jar in the future.
I was looking at this one drying and decided to try it out as a yarn bowl. I think it's deep enough. I forgot how difficult it is to carve the swirly thing.
Practicing my puki techniques as well as trying out a new Mugg Plugg.
This first one is with a puki bottom slightly raised.
This one is the Mugg Plugg TCC which has a curved bottom. I'm not sure I really got the curve feel to it. I'm going to have to try this one a few more times.
I do really like the puki bottom.
I had the opportunity to go to a workshop with Annie Chrietzberg at the Village Potters Guild in Plymouth, MI. It was a fantastic experience.
I first learned of Annie through Clayshare and had taken a few online workshops with her over the past few years. One that I would highly recommend is her January cups class which over the last few years has gone through her entire repertoire of cups.
There were two things I was really looking to get out of the class and I feel like I made progress on both. The first was how to use a puki. The puki is a way to create a footring on a hand built object. The second is hollow handles.
I've been in Michigan weekly for work for over a year now so all I had to do was drive a bit. The Village Potters Guild is a lovely little studio that I wish was closer to where I was working. Everyone there was so helpful. The food was some of the best I've ever had at a workshop. All in all it was a great two days. We managed to make 5 projects in the two days.
Technically I was supposed to make one of Annie's squirrels, but mine really wanted to be a sheep :)
Not a lot of new stuff in this kiln. A few experiments with some new glazes that I'm happy with.
Glazing a few bigger things goes way faster than glazing a lot of smaller things. This kiln has a lot of bowls, soup mugs, and platters.
My crochet experiment is out of the kiln and I'm really pleased. I do think with the next batch I'm going to go with different glazes that highlight the texture better. I was thinking that all of these glazes break really well over texture, and they do, but they also lose some of the texture as well. I might end up going with underglaze and some celedons next time.
One of the mugs I used a combo that I had seen online to really make the pink pop (neon orange and bougainvillia). While the pink is really neat, it's just too much glaze for this texture. The buttons made the mugs and cups.
The goblets also came out really nice. I need to practice a little making them straighter, but for a first attempt they're awesome. Really wishing I hadn't fussed with the one that I broke so I would have two sets.
Last, but certainly not least, are the baskets. The milk glass one is by far my favorite, but they all came out gorgeous. The long one is a little flatter than I was hoping for, really going to have to make more of a side next time. I need to make a different form than the one that I was using.
One of the mugs I used a combo that I had seen online to really make the pink pop (neon orange and bougainvillia). While the pink is really neat, it's just too much glaze for this texture. The buttons made the mugs and cups.
The goblets also came out really nice. I need to practice a little making them straighter, but for a first attempt they're awesome. Really wishing I hadn't fussed with the one that I broke so I would have two sets.
Last, but certainly not least, are the baskets. The milk glass one is by far my favorite, but they all came out gorgeous. The long one is a little flatter than I was hoping for, really going to have to make more of a side next time. I need to make a different form than the one that I was using.
Apologies for the radio silence I have been buried with work! I did manage to get some glazing in though. I am loving how these baskets look! The new goblets in the back look really good too. Also in this kiln are all my new crochet textures, you can see one just in the bottom corner of this pic.
In my last post I showed the stein I made from the templates I purchased last year. There were two steins, but then there was one.
I actually attempted these two goblets first. However, I bailed on the stem. I really like them as rocks glasses.
The second two worked out well. I think I would make the base just a bit larger next time, but I'm pleased with these. I think I need to keep practicing both of these forms.
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