After testing various glazes on 6 other candlesticks, I settled on a combination of sunshine yellow and spotted shino with yanagahara accents. The chalice and plate were sunshine yellow only. Boy oh boy, was I relieved that everything came out okay. No glaze spilled on to the kiln shelves...no nearby vases exploded, embedding shards in my pieces. All five came out without mishap.
Now all I have to do is hope there's a shipping god out there...so everything makes it safely to TN.
9 comments:
Gorgeous!
Everything looks wonderful. Your sunshine yellow came out especially nice. How did you get the pattern on the plate?
Weyhey, well done, they look fab
Well done! I am glad it was a good firing. You did a fantastic job on those pots.
Guys, thanks for the kind words. They're much appreciated!
John, the pattern on the plate was done with a brush atop the initial glaze. What was interesting is all the pieces were the same clay body and the same glaze. But the chalice & plate must have been in a different area of the kiln.
Doug, as you might guess "fab" is one of my fave words. Still a long way to go as far as form on candlestickities (a certain wood worker's word) but I definitely enjoyed the process.
Ron, I promise that, come fall, I'll concentrate on what you're teaching (unless you're teaching candlesticks & then I might try to improve my faceting.) Thanks for the help you gave me!
what a great blog! thanks for inviting me to check it out-- i'm learning much and think i'll join in and create my own... wow, what a fun world this is...
Congrats, they look wonderful!!
Elaine --- thank you! Today was wonderful! I'm thinking of portals and Lascaux horses and absolutely counting down the days til' we fire up the Barrel Brigade!
Amy ---HI!!! Yes m'am! Do the Blog...Do the Blog! The work you are doing is great & it inspires me. So glad you'll be barrel firing with us!
Becky - I love your little "smoked" bird.Jen
Jen, thanks so much! If it hadn't of been for your suggestion I don't know if I would have tried barrel firing. Now I'm hooked. Next time I'm going to try a few new things. Hope you had a good day in Columbia?
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