There is nothing I love more than creating versions of the same form over and over again. As the days move forward the form I’m focusing on gets better and better as I get tuned into it. These are challenging to throw so I have been limiting myself to one a day and keeping them damp so I could photograph them in the leatherhard stage. Wondering how on earth I throw these? I have a chapter devoted to just that in my book, My Life as a Potter 😊🦊
Hello, I have chosen to focus on two of my favourite forms during this hard time and am sharing them with you here. I am photographing them in the leather hard stage, a favourite time for me in their creation before they move on to the next stage of being glazed. Creating while this is going on is challenging at times but that is who I am, a creator. So, even though business has come to a standstill, I pot on. Enjoy…Fox that Pots….
Altered Vessel Covid series #2
Altered Vessel #3 covid series
It seems there is always something new going on at my Pottery but once again I have some very exciting news! I am going to be the first studio potter in Canada to get a Blaauw kiln. Blaauw kilns are the only fully automated, computer-controlled gas kilns available today. They are the cutting edge in kiln technology and are energy efficient as well. I have wanted a gas kiln since I was a teenager. There is a huge difference in the kinds of glazes and effects you can get when you are firing with gas, and I am excited to begin my explorations. With this kiln, I can program in the exact amount of reduction/oxidation I want while firing, and can repeat the firings. It is going to be the biggest learning curve that I have ever embarked upon in my work.
Yesterday was my last day throwing decorative pieces. I have a little throwing ritual,it seems that I always throw a big fat upright bowl for my last form and always to really upbeat music, yesterday I was clubbing! I think it’s my reward in advance for the chore of cleaning out the pug mill for the stoneware clay. The mill is all cleaned out and ready for me to make more heart bowls, someone bought 10 and I’m running low…. And it’s snowing out….it’s going to be one of those perfect studio days, I can feel it….fox that pots.
The last of the decorative pieces to be thrown for a while as it’s time to make mugs and such…:)
