Ummmm can you smell it Baking?

Remeber that little oval baker I made earlier?  Well it didn’t sell at this last show and I’m not sure I wanted to put it through that AGAIN!  So I claimed my little Randy’s Red Oval Baker for myself <G>.  It fits those jiffy mixes well and I don’t have to make individual muffins either…kinda of a coffee cake if you will.

Jiffy mix here, in Colorado at Walmart, is like .50  cents  works for me and this one happens to be BLUEBERRY!  Yummy!

Glaze experiments

This is Variegated Blue and Waterfall blue (new version)Jamie Ann Yocono’s  from Mc6G glazes.  Smooth as a baby’s bottom on the inside but wait!

The end of the glaze, before it hits the kiln shelf <G> is like molten rock formation, lumpy,bumpy blue/white stuff?  I don’t even know what to call it or how else to describe it?  How can it be like that on the outside and smooth as silk on  the inside?

Similar “look” but smooth, no pin holes,or lumpy bumpy stuff on inside?

Italian Villas Part 2

I used a total of 3 base glazes for each villa: Bone,Field mouse Brn, and Variegated Blue from MC6G( mastering cone 6 glazes)  Than I worked with waterfall brown to highlight windows,roof,etc.

The Idea was inspired by Chris Campbell’s Garden Villas.

 

Well what do you think?  Any thoughts welcome!

Ice Cream for TWO?

I love Ice Cream  Yup, could eat it every night but don’t <G>.  So I thought about making some old fashioned Ice Cream glasses to make those times I do eat some well “special”.

Dinner and Salad Plates

Well if I am going to have Salad Bowls why not Dinner and Salad plates?  These are close to the same but not quiet.  I don’t think I will ever get Dinner plates to be the “same” but this is darn close.

Now do most folks eat off Salad Plates or Salad Bowls?  hummmm something to ponder?

I’d like to have a set of eight to go with the salad bowls but so far only a set of four do I have.  Still enough time before July 19 so maybe?

TIP:  How did I do that ? Follow the link  . . .

http://marystarosta.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/tip-plates-with-little-or-no-warping/

Salad bowls

Someone asked at the last show in Parker if I had any Salad bowls?  Hummmm not really, more of soup bowls,chilli bowls,etc.  She wanted something not so “rustic”  hummm my style is kinda rustic?

Ok so I threw 8 little salad bowls ( or at least my version of them <G>) and one Large Salad bowl.  I threw them in a  more traditional  shape, with some curves ( I like curves. . . .maybe because I have them now hehehe) and the traditional foot ring, not my flat style foot.

Yes, I can throw curve”y” bowls with foot rings…but why?  I kinda like the flat smooth bottom with a rim for a foot. . . .HUMMMM.

Well Salad for eight….Anyone?  what to glaze these with hummmmm. . .

Italian Villas Canisters

I was recently inspired by Chris Campbell’s Work with Italian Villas for Garden’s  .http://neriagechris.blogspot.com/2009/06/50-clay-50-re-cycled-glass-project.html   Check out her web site!  She uses 50% clay and 50% re cycled Glass in her Yard Art.  She is AMAZING!

 

 

I have been working on Canisters in sets of 3 and thought about Chris’s Villas.  I am working on making 3 Villas that you can store food in like flour,spaghetti,etc.  They won’t have holes in the windows more functional. 

 

I made a roller for the Brick texture and I didn’t want it to be even all the way around, more rustic and OLD WORLD.

I used the stair step from my ladder for the roof tile work texture.  Anyway, I have 3 different villa’s in mine for these storage canisters.  Hummmm the glaze maybe BRIGHT ITALIAN colors?

Random designs

Oval Platter, w handles and a lace impressed design.

Some Ladles.  I think I have a better flow with the handles?

My glasses were looked at during the shows but the 2 sets I have have not sold yet?  Maybe a price point or maybe individuals would sell so I made a few pairs to sell and see if that helps?

My storage jars have sold each show ( total of 3 sets with a price point of 65.00 for the set).  So I am making a few more, some square and some round for this next show.

I like BIG BOWLS

When it’s all said and done, I like BIG BOWLS.  So when I can just play on my wheel with clay and nothing is URGENT…I always fall back on BIG BOWLS.  Love um……

      When I attach the stem to the bowl my Bottom on the inside is more like a bowl.  When I throw it all in one piece though, the bottom is on the bottom, not really smooth for a bowl shape.  Hummmmmm something to ponder. . .

 

The largest stem bowl I have thrown in one piece is almost 14 inches, or just under.  Ahh the challenge, can I throw a one piece stem and bowl 16 inches by 12 inches?  Hummmmmm

Some pictures from the Parker Show

I was working on odd shapes for this show and overlapping glazes.

I wanted an “earthy” palette of color and used bone and waterfall brown for these platters.

I added some cheese spreaders, candles, and box mixes to some pots for added value from the dollar store <G>.

My display is simple, folds down easy, and packs pottery as well as displays it.