Off the Porch and Growling

 ... the Goddess of the Kiln spake inviting the spirits of earth, air and fire to fuse with the waiting spirits of clay creating wonderous works ...

I love when pots come out of the kiln. Last week I finished up several pots from the previous week where there was no soda ash, I mixed the soda ash which is fairly easy its a 1:7 ration 1 part soda ash to 7 parts water.

Got back the bird house ... "Wow" I love how it turned out, I had an idea the bermuda green would make for nice leaves, and would contrast nice with the red iron oxide ... I also got back a bowl, and a mug. The bowl is B-Mix 5 a porcelaneous stoneware, there is also Laguna Frost which I really love as well but, I chose B-Mix. The nice part about B-Mix, any porcelaneous stoneware really is it takes a shine from sada ash really, really well. Bad part is red iron oxide doesn't like it so well sometimes, and that is rather ard to predict - you also tend to get brown's and black versus red and orange colors.


Anyway, here is the bowl. I used Ellens Blue as a liner, and incised a flower on the outer curve to make it part of the set I have been building at home - nominally of course. Notice how the porcelian burns really white through the red-iron oxide, actually burning off I suspect in the kiln. I've said it before but, I really love how the Ellen's Blue floats. It's a nice effect I think.

The Mug is also B-Mix, it is a little heavy been awhile since I've thrown B-Mix. Like most porcelian clays you throw thicker and trim "light", it does take the Deep Firebrick nice like Miller 65 which is my preferred clay these days. I used to throw "Shenandoah Limestone" which I love, its an awesome clay. Unfortuately its apparently hard to get these days. I incised an eye into the front of the mug and did my preferred treatment for handles.