More Cool Stuff!

This is only my second load of finished ware out of the kiln. I feel like I am learning so much about what does and doesn't work.... and needing to keep a record of it for myself.... so here are some of the pics, and some of my personal notes about things...

I'm really happy with how this looks kinda like Raku, without being Raku. It is layers and layers of underglaze, and a clear glaze brushed on over top.

 I'm having fun experimenting with using one kind of glaze for the inside and another for the outside...

 Honey inspired vase...

This is just a silly little vase that I was using as a tester for making my own glaze. I underglazed with a slip that I harvested from a local lake, and added wood ash that was left over from a beach fire.... all crushed up and mixed up. After just the first firing it didn't look much different, and I can't remember if I dipped this in a clear glaze or a green one.... but the second firing seemed to have made the ash show up; it's the darker burnt looking bits.
I'm definitely going to have to play with that some more.

 I brushed clear glaze over a black underglaze on the outside of this. It makes the shine patchy.

The inside of this bowl is layers and layers of various underglazes as well; coated with clear glaze. It is a deeper purple than what is showing in the picture; I think including some black in the underglaze gives the colour some depth.


I'm curious, what do you like and not like? What works?