Off the Porch and Growling

It was a good day at the pottery studio Saturday.

Firstly I decided I needed to reduce my reclaim, this batch was a mix of Miller 65, Standard 181 and B-Mix. So it was a bit more squishy that I like, I prefer the stiffness of Miller sixty-five to the mush of 181.

So I spun up a twelve pound bowl, it is in truth be told a little wonky but I had oodles which is a tad more than scads of reclaim to throw before I could get to my three lovely yes ... three (count them) bags of Miller sixty-five awaiting my greedy little hands. In addition I also threw a, uhm ... lets just call it a lidded form and leave it at that for now since every time in the last twelve months I've tried making what this pot could be (for it is the quizat's hadarack of pots) lol, yes I love Dune, book and all movies about it. Anyway it has never made it out of the fire. Originally I would have made three, however because of my lack -- pots were purchased, for which I feel bad.

I also glazed the ritualistic pitcher pot, and the pig pot ... as always I used red iron oxide, and here is where we find out how well my plan works. I added hair to the pig pot by using a brush and slip to create brush lines in a sort of psuedo random pattern. Fur is and isn't random other than when it magnetically adheres to crap you don't want it to. After I put red iron oxide on I rubbed it off, now the theory is where the valleys are it will be darker - sort of a lighting exercise if you will. I did learn something in art all those years ago - after all. Then after doing a wipe job, I soaked it in soda ash and finally I put a wash of copper carbonate over the areas I wanted to emphasize.

Can't wait to see what they look like when the kiln opens.