Hummingbird Picture

My pottery teacher has been on vacation for about a week. She is the only one who loads and unloads the kilns so there is still no new pottery to show you.
I got this hummingbird feeder and snapped a shot of my new little friend.
Kate

Lots of Pots

So I have a big pile of pots in my living room. There are a few good ones that I want to keep but the rest I think I am going to have to give away or throw away. A bunch of them are just not even good enough to give to people. The glazes are too runny or the glaze scaled off the side or I think that it is just plain ugly. I really don't want to give someone a pot that looks like crap. Hopefully I will get better and stop making pieces that I think look really bad.

Today in the open studio I worked on 2 large vases and one large bowl. I started off with a little over three pounds of clay for each. They are the biggest things that I have made yet! Whoo Hoo!

Kate

This is a cute little pot that I glazed in Randy red and then in Black.
I really like the color combo.

This vase below was glazed in Blue Hare Fur and Spearmint

Whiskey Jug

This little whiskey jug is 4 inches wide and 5 inches from the base to the top of the cork.
It doesn't hold much whiskey but I'm not a big drinker anyway.
I finished a small 7 inch pie plate. It is not glazed yet but the fact that the bottom didn't crack while it was drying is a big deal to me. The last pie plate that I made was a disaster. Smile.
More new stuff below.
Kate

Here is a mug that I made for a girl that I used to work with.
I love it. I don't want to give it to her because I'm greedy, but I will.

Here is another chili bowl.

Completed Chili Bowls

Here are my completed chili bowls.
There are close ups below.

I was going to donate them to this fund raiser for my school but I found out that I will not be able to participate in the workshop that was being offered. Also, the guild that I would have to join only meets during the day so I wouldn't be able to do that either. On top of that, the fund raiser is during the day time too. Over all it is just not at good times for me.

This one below is my favorite shape.

This one below is my teachers favorite.
She doesn't really care for super shiny glazes.



This one below is my favorite glaze. Dark Dark green.



This one below is the last one close up.



I made a couple of other pieces that are in my slide show if you want to see them.

Have a great week!
Kate

Not Much New

The bowl above was one of the first things that I threw. It's not very good but I thought I would post it anyway because I just got it out of the glaze firing this past class.
On Weds my teacher taught me how to make a pie plate. It takes about three pounds of clay. I did great for my first time. I flattened the clay just fine and I carefully brought the edges up. I then decided that I wanted to make a ruffled edge. I finished that and a bunch of us were looking at it and saying how nice it looked.
Then...
I accidentally hit the foot pedal and made it spin super fast and the whole thing flattened!
I covered my eyes and we all started laughing.
Oh well.
Kate

Chili Mugs

Above are four chili bowls/mugs that I made for a fund raiser at my school. It is to raise money for the Pottery Guild. It is a really cool idea. The potters in the guild make these pottery chili bowls and chili. Then they sell the chili and the people get to keep the bowl.
This year all of the people who participate get to go to a workshop hosted by Mark Hewitt. He is a well known potter, locally and nationwide. If you want to check out his stuff go to www.markhewittpottery.com

Have a great day.
Kate

Split handle mug and green jar

This is a jar that was glazed in Spearmint first then dipped in Black. As I was dipping it in the Black it fell off of the tongs and was soaking in the glaze...oops. It made some cool patterns on the outside when I dropped it though.

Here is a split handle mug. It was first glazed in Black then glazed in Blue Hare Fur. Are you noticing a trend? It seems like everything I make is shade of green and blue.

Kate

I didn't have pottery this week so I made the chef's apron that you see above. The total materials are 1 yard of light green, 1/2 yard of dark green and one roll of green thread. Total cost of the project was $8.00. It took me about two hours to make. I didn't have a pattern so I kinda just figured it out as I went along.

Kate

Potion Bottles

Here are a couple of potion bottles that I got out of the kiln at class tonight. The one in the front is glazed with Eggshell White and then dipped in Black. I'm not sure how White and Black make green, but I like it. The one in the back is glazed in Randy Red then with a quick dip of Spearmint over the top. Tonight was the last class of the first session. I start the second session next Weds and my teacher says that she wants to work on pie plates and casserole dishes with me. That should be fun.