The Pumpkin Season has begun...........

....Raku fired ceramic pumpkins.  Roughly 8-inches high.

 

Tea Bowls .....Part Two.........

Copper Patina glaze with yard clay (the black).  Cone 6.

Various commercial glazes with Eastern Oregon roadside material (the reddish stone).

Amaco Shino matte glazes (matcha and oolong)

The quest to find the heart of the tea bowl continues...and shall for some time.   These are the latest in the journey.   

 

The Evolution of Crow................

(left) Crow-Kin (6 to 7 inches, (right) Uber-Kin (10 to 12 inches) and (center) Ultra-Kin (17 inches).  The Ultra-Kin is in the prototype phase.

 

Corvid-20 ......the new & improved....

 

........virus!  Why settle for the common Covid-19 when Corvid-20 is now available??  Tastes great, less filling, makes you feel 20 years younger AND life is far more amusing!  

New video..........

.....frightening........

Round and Round......New Wheel!

 

....Shimpo VL-Whisper.  Finally!

"Essence of Crow" Part 2..........

.....ceramic, mid-fire.  11" x 6" x 6".

Tea Bowls..............

Interior is Georgies Mustard Ash glaze.   Exterior mid is a "roadside" glaze I concocted from material picked up near The Painted Hills, Oregon last summer (on the public road you take to the park, you see material washed down out of the surrounding hills and it accumulates on the shoulder).   It's a reddish granular material and is likely iron oxide mixed with clay,   I added Neph Syn and silica and it melts beautifully at Cone 6 and has just the right feel.  

Amaco Ancient Copper interior with Ancient Jasper exterior.

Interior & exterior Amaco Ironstone.