August 31st, 2010 by admin
The 2010 AVENUES STREET FAIR
Saturday, September 11th
7th Avenue between “I” and “N” streets
(adjacent to Lindsey Gardens)
in The Avenues of Salt Lake City
9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Hi all we will be up in the avenues selling pots at the Avenues Street Fair. I have several new pots that will be on sale. My last firing was spectacular. Several of the larger pots turned out awesome. I tried a variety of crystal colors on larger shapes. If you are in the neighborhood stop by and check it out.
Bottle colored with neodymium and iron
Bottle colored with nickle oxide and iron
Bottle colored with manganese and iron
August 2nd, 2010 by admin
We will be selling pots this weekend at the Bountiful Summerfest arts festival
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August 5th, 6th, & 7th, 2010
Bountiful City Park
200 W 400 N
Bountiful, UT 84010
I hope to see a good turn out.
Here is an example of some of the new pottery That I have been working on this summer.
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July 7th, 2010 by admin
You can’t make an omlet without breaking a few eggs
These pots over grew crystals like crazy. I either need to reduce the amount of zinc or up the firing temp.
June 28th, 2010 by admin
Just finished a firing with some new techniques and glazes. Mixed some sculpture and under glaze painting with the crystalline glazed porcelain. The nesting gourd shapes turned out awesome.
May 9th, 2010 by admin
I tried a new crystal glaze formula. It a cone 6-9 by Fara Shimbo called bory 1.
I reduced the zinc oxide in t the glaze from 27 down to 25%. While firing I unexpectedly fell asleep during a 5 hour soak at 2000. The kiln continued a slow rise in temperature till it reached 2140. The crystals came out long and spiky. I like this new look. I’m going to try it again with a new glaze soon.
May 6th, 2010 by admin
I have had a few friends ask me how I get the images on my pottery. They are painted on with underglaze. Underglaze is a slip-like glaze that fires onto the clay a lot like paint. It looks great and is stable under glazes like celadon and most cone 10 transparents. My favorite is a clear glaze developed by Pete Pinnell called Pete’s Clear. It has been frustrating trying to find a crystalline clear that is compatible with the underglaze. I have killed several test pots in the search. Drawing and painting have always been a passion of mine. Combining drawing and clay is a logical step -and a fun one.
May 4th, 2010 by admin
This is the first time I was able to judge the atmosphere of my kiln accuratly enough to achieve copper reds.
A friend on the Crystalline glaze made me a Oxygen probe that made it easy to start an early reduction at 1500, and carry a med reduction all the way to cone 10
These pots will be for sale at summer fest August 7, at Bountiful park.
December 22nd, 2009 by admin
I just received an early Christmas present from Terry Fallon. He built me an O2 probe that will help me fine tune the atmosphere of my kiln, It works like a dream. I was able to trim 6 hours off my first firing. I put a few pots back in the kiln for a post fire reduction and got some nice purples. No red yet sigh…..
November 5th, 2009 by admin
Me Kendell and Lilly just hung my show at the Ogden arts gallery
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 6th
Location:Ogden Arts Gallery: 2484 Washington Boulevard Suite 101 Ogden, 84401 Phone: (801)393-3866
We will be opening the show this Friday. It is the Gallery stroll night and should be a good time. I hope to have a good turnout. I am displaying lots of pottery along with several paintings.
October 26th, 2009 by admin
This month has been crazy. My kiln has been experiencing some problems and I have lost many wonderful pots and sculptures. I am sad/happy as I unloaded the kiln this morning. Many disappointments and a few wonderful surprises. Several refires came out as dogs the second time around. Some of them are awesome. The red pots in the post below were covered in a red slip. A crystalline glaze with reduced zinc content was applied over the top.
