my (lumpy) creative space

Last week's kiln firing wasn't entirely amazing; I tried to refire a few pots from the week before that were underglazed (I didn't hold them in the glaze long enough and so the coverage was thin and dry), only to discover with stoneware, that if you don't get it right first time, don't bother refiring. (But how nice is this design? I'll definately be making more like this and some with a shorter cut for smaller feathers)The feathers weren't quite bright enough on these pieces eitherThe yellow glaze on the inside was beatiful first time round, but after refiring it bubbled and melted down inside the pot, making the colour uneven and streaky.The reapplied clear glaze on the outside didn't improve at all, leaving the body dry and scratchy, and most surprisingly the entire clay body bubbled, creating lumps all over the pots, both in glazed and unglazed areas. The cobalt glaze shows best how the glaze remelted and pooled into the bottom of the pot, creating air bubbles.

So today's lesson in ceramics (or at least stoneware); get it right first time round.

More creative spaces and people can be found at Kootoyoo's.