Ceramics Blog

I am now waiting on my pieces to go into the high fire kiln. First we are running a greenware kiln, which gives me the chance to see my new slip design pieces. I used a blue died porcelain slip to color on of them and left the other a regular porcelain slip. Fingers crossed they hold up through firing.

I've finally finished high fire glazing all of my pieces. They won't be going into the art show because I believe I can sell them in a better way by myself. I am very grateful for everything my teacher has given me and all the knowledge she has gifted me along the way. She knows I love her like a mother but a birds gotta spread its wings and fly away one day

My teacher told me that since I am using such a heavy glazing technique I will need to wax the feet of all my pieces. So i started that process yesterday. I only have a few pieces to wax now and I gotta say, It does help a lot and takes some of the worry of dripping onto the foot away.

I've gotten through glazing half of my pieces in high fire and I couldn't be more excited. I've got another 8 or so pieces to glaze and I'm using my teachers pinterest posts to help me find more obscure and unique combinations. I'm really hoping they turn out good.

Attempt number two on high fire glazing. I've found 18 pieces that needed to be glazed and I'm going to try my luck at high fire again. Hopefully this time my results will be better and I'll have pieces to show for it.