Plates

I've been experimenting with new glaze patterns combined with some of my usual designs on plates.  I'm working in washes so, hopefully they will have a feel of transparency.  The flowers and fish are in stronger colors.

This is unfired glaze.  After firing they will have a glossier look, as if they were wet.  Of course this being clay it's entirely possible that the whole process will end up with major problems and I'll have to start over.  Even with stable majolica glazes the kiln is still an unknown factor.

We'll see, Grasshopper....we'll see...........

Is anyone else out there as totally sick of politics, in all shapes and forms, as I am?

This post can also be found on Mud Colony.  I got myself together early enough to post there!  Go take a look.  New blogs to read; new people to meet.

Looks like we are in for some sunny, warm but dry days.  I am baking bread before heading down to the studio.

Enjoy the day, and as always, thanks for stopping by..............*s*

Glaze Decoration

I've been doing a lot of glaze decoration this week.  These are tests of a new batch of glaze that I used to use a lot.  Kona-F4 is no longer being mined; Minspar 200 seems to be an acceptable and successful substitutions.  We'll see, grasshopper.....we'll see.  Oh, the glaze is named Andrea Gill's WOM; I got it from Walter Ostrom when I did a workshop with him many years ago.  I size the glaze with super strength hair spray.  It makes the glaze hard enough to work on but I can get the glaze itself to move if I want it to.  The designs are some of the standard ones I use.  When I'm testing a glaze I like to keep the stuff I know as consistent as possible.  

It will be interesting to see how these turn out.  I plan on keeping them for our own use.  They're an oval sandwich size which I find useful for more than sandwiches.

Next I start testing Linda Arbuckles's Majolica.


A first for me:  I am posting this at Mud Colony and Artists in Blogland.  Thanks to Linda for her links which led me there.

It's a sunny low humidity day.....hope everyone else can find a way to enjoy the day .

Thanks for stopping by..............*s*