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More of the Mayco Glazes, Please
As promised, here is part 2 of Testing Glazes and Clay Bodies in the Electric Kiln. I shared three Mayco glazes tested on three clay bodies, although I didn’t run a full glaze x clay body test. What I found is that I adore Kentucky Mudworks Speckled Brown Bear clay under anything — the Pullen Arts glazes, the Mayco glazes and even the Amaco Potter’s Choice Indigo Float. There was another Mayco glaze that I ran a patch test on,…
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Testing Glazes and Clay Bodies in the Electric Kiln
It’s been years since I ran a glaze firing from home, and this weekend we fired a load in preparation for a popup shop I'm participating in at Nadeau Furniture next weekend. I’ve primarily been working out of Pullen Arts Center, but I had a large stack of bisqueware that I could not fire at Pullen because the clay was purchased elsewhere. The three clay bodies I was firing were Kentucky Speckled Brown Bear (KSBB), Standard Clay 266, and the…
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New Skills Unlocked on the Pottery Wheel!
a journey back into pottery by learning to create a lidded vessel from a closed form
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Easy Handcrafted Ceramic Gift Ideas
If you are a hobby potter, you too are probably known and appreciated for sharing the abundance of your kiln. The following is a list of fun, easy projects that made sweet gifts for family, friends, neighbors, etc. If you can get your hands on a set of vintage letterpress (I found sets on Etsy many years ago), it’s a great way to add extra personalization like a date or fun message.
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Garden Imprints
Thanks to the heat and mosquitoes, working in the garage at the wheel in the summer can be pretty uncomfortable, so I’ve transitioned into the house, hand building at the breakfast table. I remembered that one of my favorite finished products over the years has been little footed dishes with imprints, so I picked a fern and a few flower heads from the dill plants and made a dozen of these little tripod dishes. Several summers ago I made a…
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Kiln Unloading
