Friday, July 12, 2013

Shaped tiles

Continuing my documentation of alphabet letter tiles...
Most of these are about six and seven inches tall
Tried a green glaze over the d, but not too successful, 
The b is Mishima,
The a is one of the few that has no silk screening , instead it is carved and a green glaze applied thickly and allowed to pool, 
I continue to like the dark grey wash to emphasize the scratches and the slip trailing, and to dirty up the color a bit,
The reason they have holes is so that they can be hung on the wall,
The t and the s might be a bit too busy, 


Wednesday, July 10, 2013

More tiles

These tiles all have some green on them. I like the chartreuse underglaze, and I have been trying to develop another darker green glaze that won't go all of or brown at cone six

This is closest I've come to a medium green, and I wish I could remember what I did to get it. I think I must have combined chartreuse with another color.





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Friday, June 21, 2013

Flower brick

I was happy with the way the flower brick turned out. It is handbuilt with Slabs, and mishima decoration.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Jun Kaneko sculpture

We passed through. Richmond last week and stopped at the Museum of Fine Art where they have a sculpture by Jun Kaneko.  It isn't often I have seen one close up, but the glazing is just lovely, 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Some new projects,

These are some of the things I've been working on lately. Clay whistles, yet to be decorated, but they all make noise! 
spools,
 a little covered jar,
 and something I refer to as the bunny hill.