Thank you

Just had to say goodbye to my good boy this morning. My heart is broken. He was the best cuddle buddy. #dogs #goodbye #pets #fuckcancer

I'm struggling with a lot of work stress that is sucking my will to create art. What do you to get past that? I could really use some pro-tips.

Interesting, I’ll try that. I generally throw all my water and everything back in reclaim, so in theory everything goes back in, but I’ll definitely try that. There was a non reclaim plate that warped too, just not as bad. A heavily grogged stoneware.

Possibly, I had stacked them vertically once before but on that one I had a larger pot in the middle and rested them all against that. I had also considered that my use of reclaim might have been a problem, but one of them wasn't reclaim. It was the least warped.

Good to know, that's what I always thought the problem was with plates, expansion issues causing them to crack. Thank you!

Oooooh, Silica Sand. This is something I have heard about but not really looked into too much. I'm going to have to look into that.

I really don't do many plates... or at least I haven't up until now. I never fired flat because of all the complaints I had seen from other potters about warping or cracking. Here I was thinking I was going to learn from their mistakes. -Womp Womp- I will check CAN, thank you! :)

On the edge. This was the load.

I don't have that glaze yet. I'm going to see if the local place has it.

The thing about the plates is they all went into the kiln looking good. I dried them REALLY carefully and, I thought, really evenly.

There ain’t enough sage, incense, or sacrificial chickens in the world for this bullshit. Pic for the pic gods.

So, how’s this? Bisc fired and waiting for glaze. Any color suggestions? Also, what do you do to keep plates from warping in the kiln. ALL mine warped. #pottery #art #ceramic #clay

How do you all stack your plates in the kiln? Does this look ok? #pottery

You know what’s annoying? Nicking the sides of your pots every few minutes when you’re trying to burnish. Pic for pic tax #pottery #claws #weekendatburnish #pixforthepixgods

Making some historically inspired pots to experiment with cooking. #pottery #history #cooking #art

Dear Scotland. I love you all...
#scotland #FDT

As Bob Ross would say, there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.

In the case of art, that's definitely mostly true... In the case of Nuclear Science, I would beg to differ :)

Outstanding!

It’s so BLUE! #pottery #clay #art #ceramics

Someone posted this and I had to share. The history nerd in me loves this. #history #lowqualitycopper #complaint #EaNasir

How many pounds of clay goes into a bowl like that? I have a bit more trouble with larger pieces... Either I have trouble centering larger amounts of clay, or I make the walls too thin and they keep collapsing.

Frustrating

You know how when you are mixing glazes, some of them have the same materials? If you're anything like me, you might be tempted to mix several glazes at the same time. I pre-labeled my bottles then poured the wrong glazes into them. This was supposed to be different. #clay #ceramics #art #pottery

Thank you! :)

How do we feel about this glaze? It’s what I would call temperamental, so I’m not sure if I’m going to keep using it unless people really dig it. #pottery #ceramics #clay #art

Exactly! :)

Obsidian base, and drops of sapphire float, smokey merlot, and mayco light flux on the inside... if I recall correctly.

Aerosmith has it's problems, but they did share one bit of wisdom. "Their attitudes may taste like shit but go real good with wine."

Thanks, it's a combination of Amaco River Birch and Industrial Minerals glazes on the outside. I did two just in case, both slightly different. The other uses Seaweed, but it came out more greenish-brown than I liked. This one is -chef's kiss- perfect!

Agreed, ancient copper is in my regular rotation. I think I’m adding gold as well :)

Me too! Copper is my favorite metal. I’m so glad Amaco brought Ancient Copper back!