Following some sage advice from my long term mentor Jo Dove ,who visited us last weekend, I now have a selection of pottery vessels worthy of the name ceramics.
I have completed a second glaze firing and I am making progress. Glazes that were previously painted on have now been dipped and ladelled on and the thicker application has given results that are far more promising.
There seems always to be a downside; on this occasion the collateral damage has been that a couple of the more interesting glazes have run a little, meaning I will be chipping a little glaze off my kiln shelf. Lesson learned to keep these to the top half of any future pots.
Below is a selection of photos from this more successful firing, of porcelain and white stoneware, which I hope I can replicate going forward.
I am really interested to hear any comments on favourite colours or shapes which i might pursue in future projects.
