Izzy came over about a month ago to play with some clay. She made a few cups (handbuilt and thrown!), but her prize item was this rat. I was really worried that even after a month it wasn't dry enough, but no explosions!
On Saturday we went to our first party in 2 years. It was Willow's first party ever and River's first party since she was about 6 months old. They were so very tired on Sunday.
Plates take up so much room. You can basically only put one plate on a shelf and then surround it with some small stuff. So getting plates through the kiln is a bit of a slow process.
That tray came out amazing! It's KY Brown Bear Clay with Honey Flux and Blue Rutile.
I've been making many garden stakes for my plants this year. I only usually picture one of each color, but for stuff I have multiples in the garden I made more than one as you can see on this top shelf.
This has my first tries at using vinyl resist made from my Cricut. I did both a clear coat over the resist and bare clay. A few of them I did vinyl on the inside as well as the outside. It was actually really difficult to get the vinyl out from the inside without messing up the glaze. I had read not to try to use any lines that were too fine and I definitely think that's key. Also key is having something small and pointy to get under the vinyl. Definitely happy with how these turned out. It is a bummer that they end up only being able to be used one time vs a stencil that can be used multiple times, but for a curved surface I think it would be too difficult to keep the stencil in place. Definitely going to make some more.
Made some more lemon plates. Actually I made strawberry and grape plates too, but they didn't make it into this kiln. Once again they came out gorgeous and I'm over the moon for them.
Made some more lemon plates. Actually I made strawberry and grape plates too, but they didn't make it into this kiln. Once again they came out gorgeous and I'm over the moon for them.
Sneak peak of the kiln before its done cooling. LOVING the peacock bowl on the top. Also looks like my little spoon fell off its stilts. The plate with the roses has been waiting to first get in the bisque and now the glaze kiln for a year. I love the seaweed glaze with the green roses.
It's spring! Or at least I want it to be. This week it's been pretty cold and wet, but a lot of things starting to bud and bloom. I decided to make more butterfly feeders/garden flowers because they're just so pretty in the garden. I made them in a slightly different style than I have before where there are two layers vs one just to do something a little different.
The bottom has a hole or collar where the garden stake will get epoxied in after it's fired. I'm already seeing bright flowery glazes.
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