Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Baltic Raku....aka Obvara.........


 ......first time I've tried this.   The unglazed clay pieces are fired to 1650F, then pulled and dunked into a mixture of water, flour and yeast.   Then into a bucket of water and set aside to cool.   I lost the first piece to thermal shock, but these three came out in varying degrees of interest.    The whiter piece is a different clay than the other two.   Much more experimentation is in order!

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Artifact 121520............

"Reynolds Wrap" glaze, raku fired.  Approximately 5-inches diameter X 3.5-inches high.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Yarn Bowl exploration.........


A trio of yarn bowls.  I have sent several out into the wild for function testing.  We shall see!  This is a an amusing diversion from actually working on stuff I should be working on.