June 10th, 2011 by admin

This Saturday June 11,   we will be at the Ogden Arts Festival

Here is a few samples of new work that will be on sale.

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

Wow Marathon glaze weekend. After glazing all day Saturday I got my kiln loaded and burning at 9:00 pm. Went to bed at 9:30 3:00 am got up just in time to watch come ten kiss the shelf then a quick drop to 2100. Then out to the kiln ever 20 min to tweak burners into holding temp 3:30 am 2050 4:00 am 1950 5:00 am 1900 6:00 am 1800 7:00 am 1700 8:00 am shut dampers and plug ports for slow cool 9:00 am go back to bed and sleep till noon