Glaze test sharing

So I'm thinking about posting some pictures of some of my glaze tests and my results that I've gotten from them. When I took Cristina Cordova's class at Penland, I had fantastic glaze results! Results that others in the class tried to get.  So I think what I'm going to do is share some of my glaze results with everyone! I'll try to post at least one or two glaze tests in the next couple of days. I'll post a picture and maybe the notes from it, as well as the recipe.

AHHHHHH!

So I just opened and pulled stuff out of the kiln, and all I can say is WOW! Everything came out (almost).  Some of the cups that I've been working on, I'm having problems with, but other than that, everything came out! 

 Some of these wall pieces I'm working on, the hook part kind of broke, but its nothing I can't fix. I am going to add to the wall pieces, with layers of glaze. They should be pretty cool when they are finished. I hope, fingers crossed!

What!

Every six months when Studio Tour rolls around, I rearrange the studio! But it has not been six months since the last Studio Tour, and I'm already rearranging! What! Because of all this rearranging, I think I have a place to put the dart board that I found two years ago! I will also have a place to put a smallish kiln! (I hope). Just a side note, I am going to keep up with this thing! I promise!

Nuff said! Enjoy!

New goings on

HI! It's been a long time since I've been here to write anything, I'm sorry. In the almost year that I have written anything, I have been producing lots of new and exciting work! Like this little guy, who is currently on sale at TRAC in Burnsville! I have also been making a little pottery, I'll post pictures once I'm satisfied with the results. I will try to write more as the days, months and years progress.

Studio Tour 2011!

Wow! Yesterday (June 9th) was freaking crazy! I worked all week and was trying to get ready for this weekend and I still had to clean the studio and finish glazing! So when I got home from work on the 9th I went straight to the studio and started working! Unfortunately  I had a minor breakdown around 7 or so! I was afraid I wasn't going to get finished in time for Friday! But my mom assured me that I would be fine if I fired Thursday night, I was a little hesitant about doing that, but finally gave in! Once I got the kiln loaded and started, I went to work cleaning the whole studio, going to bed around 4:30ish in the morning! So when I woke up on the 10th, I had Anthony come over and help me do small things around the studio like sweeping the floor and scrubbing it with a scrub machine. Day one is thankfully over and done with, thank God! I'm firing the kiln again tonight but it's practically empty which is good, I wont have to be up all freaking night waiting for it to shut off, like I did last night! I still have some seconds to put out on tables, but other than that, I think I'm ready for two more days, and hopefully I will make some money this weekend! Fingers crossed!

Studio Tour happening this weekend!

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