Monday, January 14, 2013

Cups




Blue- Holds 230 mL. Glaze N14: blue rutile and blue rutile
Green- Holds125 mL. Glaze Q12: oasis and metallic green
Yellow- Holds 225 mL. Glaze N8: blue rutile and goldenrod shino



Red- Holds 8 oz. Glaze B4: Chun Plum and Turkish Amber
White- Holds 4 oz.  Glaze H1: Second Hand Rose and Goldenrod Shino

Rainbow- Holds 9 oz. Glaze O1: Seaspray and Second Hand Rose


Happy Holidays


I have made all my cups, but three are in the firing room.  Leather Hard - Clay which has dried sufficiently to be stiff, but is still damp enough to be joined to other pieces. - Bone Dry - Clay that is completely dried but not yet fired. Clay forms are most fragile at this stage. It is important to connect slab work or trim pottery on the wheel when the clay is leather hard because if it's too soft, the clay won't be rigid enough to hold the shape of the foot you carve.  If it were to hard, it would damage the tools and would ruin the surface of the clay by scratching off layers in powder and flakes. Also, it has to be wet enough to attach the handles after you trim.