Glazed Porcelain

Set of 4 Bowls, 3"x 6", porcelain,

mulitiple glazes.

10" Porcelain Plate,

multiple glazes.

6" Porecelain Bowl,

multiple glazes

applied by dipping.

6" Porcelain Plate,

Celedon glaze,

black slip inlayed details.

10" Porcelain Plate,

multiple glazes

applied by pouring method.

I couldn't wait to post a few pictures from the kiln.

My porcelain bisque pieces from my last post turned

out with some nice surprises!

Enjoy.

Bisqued Porcelain and a New Image!

Large Porcelain Bowl

Porcelain Bowl Sets of 4

Porcelain Plates with in layed black slip

I'm finally back in the studio after much overseas travel including an extra 7 days in Italy because of volcano ash last month. I have been on the road 5 out of the past 9 weeks, which makes it hard to keep that ceramic flow of making, drying and firing.

I've been giving a lot of thought to updating North Star's logo (see above in the banner). I wanted something that would reflect a hand made feel as well as capture my studio location in the woods and of course that North Star that is always present, steady and guiding my creative way. Feel free to comment and let me know what you think of both the logo and banner design.

I have been working the past few weekends in porcelain. Working on several sets of bowls for that morning cereal and a plate shape that is dishwasher friendly. I enjoy much about porcelain from the white clay body to the more saturated color when glazed. Each plate has a small stamped design that I have filled with black slip. I plan on glazing these with a celedon glaze so that the black slip will show throw to the surface. Should work?

Look for more posts as I plan on being much more productive through the summer as my travel schedule is slow until October.

I've Missed the Pottery Wheel

It's been too long since my last post.

My ceramic time over the past several months has been consumed with filling an order of 32 SQUARE plates and bowls. I must confess that I didn't realize how difficult this project was going to be. I ended handbuilding over 60 pieces to end up with the final 8 place settings that I was satisfied with. I learned so much from making square foot rings, to shrink rates, to how glaze color can differ when a kiln is overloaded. A good experience and I'm glad I stuck with it, but it sure felt good this past weekend to finally turn my wheel back on. These are my pieces from the weekend. 6 rice bowls, 6 tea cups, 4 mugs with handles, 6 cups with no handles, 8 bowls of various sizes with largest 12" in diameter, plus a small vase and large lidded jar. They are ready for the bisque fire tomorrow.

40 Plates and Bowls!

You can finally get to see the scope of my latest project. Some 2 months in the works. Glazing today with a bone colored interior glaze. These are all handbuilt, earthenware. The largest plates measures approx. 9.5" square with the smallest plates about 5.5" square. They will be fired in my electric Kiln to Cone 6 probably Monday.

Production!

I'm sorry that I haven't posted very many images lately. I have been trying to get some bisque fired and I have been in the middle of a small production run of of three sizes of square plates. 6", 8" and 12".

New Finish Possibilites

I continue to research and work on new glaze finishes. These three are results from recent work and out of my last kiln fire. PLEASE tell me what you think of these. Which one is your favorite? Green, Tan, Red. Thanks.

Japanese Style Tea Cups!

These are series of small Japanese Tea Cups. I produced 10 and glazed them in unique pairs. These are being shipped to Japan as a thank you gift for my Japanese makers stamp.