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Saturday, March 31
The Kiln Goddess smiles
Yes! This is what I really enjoy seeing come out of the kiln. I like the way the liner glaze broke across the rin of the pot, showing some green and the runs from adding copper carbonate across the red iron oxide. I really like how it floated grey/white off the deep blue. Now like the others I've made this one is small'ish. Cereal style - although not suitable for oatmeal in the microwave. Meh, and ya know I really thought I had it - lol it looked much much bigger than it fired out. *sigh* well I'll keep churning them out till I get it correct. I will get it right eventually.
Ellen's Blue really makes the bowl pop. Add in the copper carbonate runs and ... yeah an awesome bowl for the haus.
The vase turned out really well too, I enjoy how the red iron oxide washed out in places giving the light and dark pooling effect. Again the copper carbonate wash took some of the blue with it makes nice runs. I think from a technical perspective a 5:1 ratio is the right one to use. Finally got that piece figured out.The incising around the top is me being in a Tolkienesque mood, by that I mean I felt like writing some mystical incantation around the edge of the pot. No it doesn't actually mean anything nor does it resemble Tengwar or Cirth, it's merely me ... being me.
Again, like the bowl the grey/white floats very well off the Ellen's Blue and broke well. I squared the sides of the pot and off center squared the rim to give it a twisted feel. Yeah I was in quite the mood that day, I then stamped down the rounded corners for added effect, and when I glazed these got a wash of copper carbonate.
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