So honored to be part of this exhibit at Belger Arts in MO. My piece is available for sale on their website. Scrolling through the participating artists and their pieces, it looks like a beautiful show.
#pottery #moonjar #radioactive #ceramicarts #missouriart #clayaddict #clayart #missouriart
The icebox is done!!! I am super excited by how it came out.
#pottery #potterystudio #vintage #antique #icebox #clayaddict #potterytools #classic #appliances #clay #ceramics #vintageicebox #northpole #restoration #laboroflove #studioequipment #chrome
The ice box restoration is coming along. Today, I scraped off some old paint, sanded the top, bottom, part of the front & part of a door. I also cleaned the hinges, screws, nameplate, and locking mechanism. Phew! I am tired.
#pottery #icebox #icechest #restoration #clayaddict #potterystudio #clean
This is my new vintage ice box. Picked it at an estate sale and will be using it to slow dry my pottery. What color should it be???
#pottery #potterystudio #vintage #antique #icebox #clayaddict #potterytools #classic #appliances #clay #ceramics
And the results are in...
Which ones do you like?
#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic #glazefiring #glazeresults #samplebottles #testtiles #glazetiles #cone6glaze
The test batch is done! Although, I had glaze catchers, I didn't need them, nothing overflowed! Stay tuned for the samples, some are freakin' amazing.
#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic #glazefiring
She is done!!!! My next crystalline glaze test is complete. Stay tuned for the next batch. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic #glazefiring #waiting
If you didn't know what I was making in my last post, here it is. It was one of many glaze catchers I made for my crystalline glaze tests.
#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic
Sometimes you just have to try it for yourself.
Crystalline Cone 6 Experiments - Part 2
#crystalline #glaze #pottery #potterystudio #glazerecipes #stoneware #cone6 #clayaddict #glazing #ceramic #chemistry #crystals #glazechemistry #crystallineglazes #oxides #clay #color
Having fun with pinstripe tape
#glazing #pinstripe #taperesist #lines #glazetechnique #glazingideas #pottery #potterystudio #howtoglaze #clayaddict #claylife #potterylife #makingitpretty #reveal
Studying crystalline chemistry
#alchemy #crystals #glazemagic #glazeformula #crystalline #glaze #potterystudio #pottery #clayaddict #crystalmagic #chemistry #kilnmagic #glazefun #glazenotebook #clay
Just got a new (but second hand) small pottery wheel! Someone bought it for their daughter, who never used it. Everything was still wrapped and sealed. 😁
Now I have the mama and the baby in my pottery studio. Excited to start creating! 🎨👐 #PotteryLife #Journey #PotteryStudio #pottery #ClayAddict
Hand built vase/bottle using my handmade stamps and PVC pipe for the former. I like the repeating pattern that results.
#handbuilding #vase #bottle #potterystudio #pottery #clayaddict #stamped #pattern #repeatingpatterns
Prepping for test cycle 2 of my crystalline glazes. I selected the best ones from cycle 1 and am trying out some tweaks to the formula and firing schedule. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
#crystalline #glazes #growingcrystals #cone6 #stoneware #stonewareglazes #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #mixingglazes #clay
Load kiln with bottles, vases, and plates
All my test bottles, large vases, and some odds and ends are tucked into the kiln for their first fire. Waiting for some of them to dry before I turn it on. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
#kiln #bottles #vases #testtiles #loadedkiln #pottery #potterslife #clayaddict #bowls #kilnfire #ceramicgoodies #potterygirl #mud
Both sides came out great. I think the crystals are a little too dense, but still pretty
The crystals grew on the bottom where I only had 2 coats.
These were a surprise because they were the mixed up leftovers of the glaze tests from the other bottles. Happy accident.
Loving the left side.
Crystalline Glaze Results
Part 3 - Successes
Which one do you like?
#pottery #glazeresults #glazetesting #growingcrystals #crystals #potterystudio #glazechemistry #crystallineglazes #crystalline #clayaddict #testing #greens #blues #happyaccident
My favorite - Growth was scattered and the colors were beautiful
Beautiful deep blue crystals
Overgrowth of crystals but still beautiful
Crystalline Glaze Results
Part 2 - Successes
Which one do you like?
#pottery #glazeresults #glazetesting #growingcrystals #crystals #potterystudio #glazechemistry #crystallineglazes #crystalline #clayaddict #testing
Crazing and little grown
Crazing and no crystals
Crazing and no growth
Crystalline Glaze Results
Part 1 - Fails
#glazeresults #glazetests #glazefiring #pottery #potterystudio #crystalline #crystallineglazes #crystallineresults #clayaddict
And now the wait begins!!!! I am hoping at least one of them grew crystals. I don't care if they melted, I just want to see 1 crystal.
#waiting #kilncooldown #coolingdown #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #glazefiring #glaze #loadedkiln #crystalline #crystals #science #glazechemistry
The hands of a potter...This x-ray was taken a few years ago (2018?). I had been experiencing some thumb pain, which led to this film of my hands. It was the coolest gift my doctor inadvertently "gave" me.
#potter #potteryhands #xrays #myhands #handmade #hands #clayaddict #handxray #studiopotter
The BEST pottery book, I have ever purchased. I got this hefty baby about a month ago and find myself referring to it regularly.
#potteryresources #potterybook #potterystudio #learning #clayaddict #pottery #referencematerial #potterytechniques #glazing #clay #studiobooks #thepottersdictionary
I haven't made a mug for myself in a LONG time. Meet this distinguished gentleman. What should I call him?
#whatismyname #pottery #handmademug #happy #smiles #teatime #happyface #mug #clayaddict #clayfun #spoilingmyself #selflove #muglove
Back in 2022, I took this photo of my basement studio. My studio is usually pretty dark, since my windows are small. I loved how the sun hit my tools. It's like a Rembrandt painting.
*Photo was cropped, but no filters used
#studio #Rembrandt #pottery #painting #clayaddict #potterystudio #dramatic
Made some wire texture tools. I plan to push them into clay.
#potterytools #potterytexture #dog #cat #bird #flowers #wireart #claytools #diyclaytools #diypotterytools #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #wirestamps #wiretemplates #texture
Recycled 23lbs of clay yesterday while waiting for my program to run. Software developer by day, potter by night.
Is pottery your full-time gig?
#pottery #potterlife #sidehustle #workinghard #softwaredeveloper #potter #clayaddict #doublelife #potterystudio #clayismylife #coding #developer
Thinking of spring
- white no grog stoneware
- cone 6
- peacock glazing technique
- Mayco & Amaco glazes
#spring #flowers #glazecombinations #glazes #glazecombos #pottery #bowls #peacockglaze #colorfulflowers #clayaddict #stoneware #teardops #paisley #potterystudio #amaco #mayco #handmadebowls
Spring vase
- Recycled Clay with White Slip
- Hand carved
- Underglazes
#springvase #handcarved #flowers #wheelthrown #clayaddict #potterymaking #potterystudio #pottery #clayfun #spingflowers #groggyclay
Crystalline glazes chemicals
Mixed glazes
Crystalline glazes!
This is my first time making my own glazes, so why not try one of the hardest ones out there? 😂
#glazes #crystallineglazrs #makingmyglazes #pottery #potteryfun #crystals #clayaddict #potteryadventures #mixingglazes #claystudio #potters #cone6 #cone6glazes #whatcangowrong #eek
two wheel thrown vases in laguna speckled buff cone 5
two wheel thrown vases in laguna speckled buff cone 5
It's been almost three weeks since my last session on the wheel. I cannot wait to get back back home, and my hands on some clay. #clayaddict
#pottery #potteryjournal
[A couple of vases thrown last month]
Two piece sectional pot collapsing
Two vases thrown from the collapsed pot
A still frame and a photo inspired my journaling session today.
Hurt is REAL... I "sit" with my hurt, until I can make something of it. In
In clay I've found an analog to this "sitting"
failed pot ➡️ completed vases.
failed human ➡️ better each day.
CREAT FROM FAILURE
#pottery #clayaddict
