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 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
August 2nd, 2009 by admin
August 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2009
Bountiful City Park
200 W 400 N
Bountiful, UT 84010
http://www.bdac.org/summerfest/summerfest.htm
The last few weeks have been spent putting together stock for an arts festival in Bountiful Utah. I will be selling older work at a discount, and new work at very affordable prices. Here is a sample of some of the work we will have on display.
July 12th, 2009 by admin
March 4th, 2009 by admin
This is definately the bell of the ball containing 1.5% vanadium and 2% copper carbonate
Such a wide variety of crystal shapes I wonder if it is repetable
This amazing fellow Holds a porcelain gord with 2% copper carb post fire reduced at 1500 derees f
This is my favorite sculpture in the nesting series. The bird in front is glazed with .5 iron .5 manganese crystals
February 16th, 2009 by admin
These are some pots made on Valentines day. I was shooting for new shapes for Jars and bottles. Keeping the walls thin and the shapes elegant and sleek were my goals for throwing today. I hope to have some finished pots to post by next week