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Hi Ketoi.
It will be interesting to see how they stand up to having a tree in them and being watered and out in the weather over a couple of years.
Penny.

If you have only been making pots for 4 months these are beautiful. I can't imagine how good they will be in another four months. Lovely work

Penny,
Time will tell how exposure and root stress will effect the crackpots. I'd think it would be minimal as the pots are thicker than average.

marleeney,
Thank you for the compliment! I have the creation side down pat just need to hone my skills on the details, that's where my in experience shows.

Hi Ketoi. I really like that effect - black crawl over red clay.
Penny.

Ketoi it is funny that you have done this black crawl over the red clay. We have a small ornament pot at the club that was left by a demonstrator some time back before I was around. When I saw it the other day I was enthralled with it. I looked up the technique in the artist's book and he used black crawl over an orange glaze. The crawl was a much finer effect that you have here and the orange almost looked red behind the black. I will be sure to take a picture of it for you on Tuesday.

Updated my blog with some low-fire crackpots, glaze tests and tool purchases. Have a look.

http://plants-pottery-photo.blogspot.com/

8in black terra sig


6in green crawl


2.5in tall green crawl accent


2in oxide wash accent


3in square accent with bubbling glaze

woh ya got me all warm and fuzzy. very nice kitoi! lovem all!!!

They're great - the last one in particular.
Penny.

Thank you ant and Penny!

The last was an experiment, using scrap clay and bubble glaze recipe I found.

I stepped into the high fire realm yesterday, trying new clay, new glaze recipes, a 2345deg (1285c) oxidation firing and slow cool. To say the least I was quite excited when I opened the kiln a little while ago. The following were the best out of the 10pot I made.

The clay used was a ^10 Toki sculpture paperclay, it very moist and sticky. Took some time to get used to handbuild because it sticks to everything, to combat that I let it sit exposed over night to dry out some and made it much easier to work with. It's not intended for the wheel, don't tell me that! made some interesting forms, doesn't throw like normal clay. Slab building is so much easier! Roll it out, cut to shape, dry to a bone state and assemble. Made 4 pots this way and each one is perfectly square with straight sides.

I wanted to try ash glazes but everything I've read was for a reduction burn, purchased a book on ash glaze making and there was 3 paragraphs on oxidation firing and not much information regarding the process. When over to my sisters house, cleaned her fireplace out and came home and started sifting. Made 3 recipes, ochre, an artificial reduction ochre and a 50/50 mix of ash and earthenware clay. Also did a couple of oxide washes and commercial dry celadon. I did not want pots being glazed to the shelves so I did thin applications since I was entering the unknown, will try thicker coats next time.

3in tall ochre


2in tall RIO wash


4in wide 50/50


2in wide artificial reduction ochre (lovely blues out of something I thought was going to have more yellow)


4in wide RIO wash


14in wide oval, RIO wash with celadon on the rim

speciale kit!!!

Your pots are always a pleasure to view kitoi and these ones are no exception! Congratulations on a successful experiment. Tell me, does the type of wood burnt make a difference with these ash glazes?
My only criticism is the size of your pictures. I would love to view the detail of your pots and your photography is very good so please post larger pics next time.
Thanks for sharing your art with us again mate!
Regards,
Steven

Thank you Steven and ant!

I always forget when posting here not to do clickable thumbnails.

Gas or would reduction makes a huge difference in texture and color of the glazes by altering the oxygen in the atmosphere.

Amazing stuff thanks for showing.
There is some talk of a reduction firing with our club but the ones in the know are set in thier ways