Left to right, we are Bonnie, Ralph, Dorothy, Ron, me and Jane.
Our mission was to unload this. So we donned our gloves and got to work.
There were several beautiful pieces, including one of Ralph's vases.
There was also a rather spectacular casualty. The piece literally looked to have exploded, and unfortunately quite a few other pieces in the kiln came out with unexpected shards embedded in their surfaces. A few found their way into my candlesticks. And some of the glaze on my candlesticks found its way to the kiln shelf (ouch). But my goal with these was simply to find a glaze combo I will use on my nieces wedding pieces so a shard here or there didn't really matter.
The stick on the right - no. In the middle, nice despite the "spillage" but no. The stick on the left I liked and it actually was the only one that emerged without blemish. I may make more of these later and extend the oribe further over the shino. But it's still a no for the wedding set.
Here's the "Yes"! The one I'll use on the bisqued pieces that are waiting in the wings for the wedding. Sunshine yellow on top, spotted shino on the base, yanagahara accents. There's some granular rutile on this too. Too much made the black spot but I like it a lot. So I'll glaze the gifts tomorrow and hopefully get them in the upcoming firing. Until now, I'd never used the sunshine yellow. (Can't stop wondering how it would look with black. Will have to try that in the future. )
Here are two faceted pieces I had in the kiln. Blurry pic but you'll get an idea. The coffee mug is my favourite piece from this firing.
As for the animals? Well, I was disappointed with "Spanky." The Shino was too thick so it came out white. The cobalt in the black glaze went blue.
And the yanagahara I hoped would show the white patch of fur on the real Spanky's chest turned purplish. But what the heck. I'll just call him my fantasy Spanky...and the boy does deserve a purple heart. It's hard to be a pit bull today. On the other hand, "Madame O" and her babies came out nicely I think. The black underglaze still carries bluish tones and the gray underglaze faded more than I like. But I'm happy with this tribute piece to the possums we left in ARC's care.
Tomorrow is another day at Clayworks. Pieces to glaze, a kiln to load and some throwing to do in preparation of a pit firing with Elaine. (Details on that new adventure forthcoming.)
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