Glaze test #1

Alright. Over the next eleven days I will be posting my glaze tests and sharing my recipes with all of you!

This first one, I did up at Penland back in 2010. The piece that the glazes are on was made in a press mold, then I added to it. The clay body in which I used was a paper clay put out by Laguna. When the piece was fired, I went into action and put a series of glazes on the piece. With most of my pieces, if not all of them, I put a black underglaze on, then sponge it off. That is what I did with this piece. Then I added the glaze on the head, which is a Cristina Cordova glaze, balled black satin stone with Bogman's elephant on top. The mask, I did a wash of rutile, then sponged it off, then I put Ohio State Satin on top. The Screws are the same is what's on the head. When testing these I would try flipping the Bogman's Elephant and the Black Satin Stone, cause that's probably what I did. Happy testing!

Recipes 
Bogman's Elephant cone 04-05
Frit 3124- 40
EPK- 20
Cryolight- 40

Ohio State Satin cone 04-05
F-4- 48.8
Barium- 13.5
Whiting 13.5
Gerstley- 11.5
Silica- 10.4
Zinc Oxide- 4.2
OM4 Ball Clay- 2.3

Satin Stone Black cone 04-05
Frit 3124- 45
Gerstley- 10
Nepheline Syenite- 15
Talc- 5
Silica- 15
Whiting- 5
Rutile- 5
Maganese Dioxide- 6
Copper Carb. - 5
Red Iron Oxide- 2
Chrome Oxide- 1

Getting the studio in order

Today here in Western North Carolina it is rainy! It is also spring! So in light of all that, I am taking the time to clean and organize the studio! I'm putting things away, cleaning off shelves. I spent some time getting notes together for my little glaze test share that I plan on doing! Looking at the glazes and making little notes about how the glaze worked for me. I need to take pictures. I'll start this little project on Monday!

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.