Handleless Cups (Yunomis)

I enjoy making handleless cups. DBE76531-16F4-491F-894B-2ACCD4F035BA DF11AB40-16AE-4074-8882-4C17C2941E2C_1_201_a E98BC3D1-052B-4FD8-ACA6-38A4461CD089_1_201_a B07E0105-81F0-4C8C-AC7B-03E91079EB3F_1_201_a 46CD6D52-38B2-4971-87A8-22B2CE4C70F1_1_201_a 1A6EF63D-C31D-4FB8-BD69-392416BFA4D0_1_201_a 40CCE925-FE3F-4E9D-9519-EA67FCEA62DF_1_201_a 1E9F9221-2084-485D-A8A3-89FAABE61E9E_1_201_a 699D65BB-FF5C-4C47-8390-DEAE776E897F_1_201_a 8F0EE6C8-A18B-4EB2-8A39-048E0B134F74_1_201_a 83FB7F3E-C93B-4E6E-AA30-06627CA4BAFA_1_201_a C5425539-7594-42E5-8994-B9E4C4A73F10

First bisque firing since early June!

It has been a HOT summer, but yesterday was finally a cooler day where I could do a bisque firing. Next, decide if I have enough pottery to do a second bisque load, or start glazing and do a glaze firing?? I’ll probably start glazing.

Top of kiln, waiting for it to cool enough to unload.

Kiln unloaded, lots of cups and mugs!

Bowls.

Pottery on drying shelf waiting to be bisqued.

Raku

Over the years I have had the oppotunity to do Raku Firings. 0F878C15-DE67-47DF-B6EB-D9CB7490F8E9 20B4ACEF-3493-4BF9-AB4F-2ABCB4AD1273 4E78E1AC-BA8D-4DA2-81D9-C0FE8AD5294F 7A0CB621-E2EA-40BB-896A-9CBDE2959469 7E859B1B-FDC6-4102-BFC7-0013FF01F0CF 71FE3061-79E7-4B07-9E1A-93DDC566D25A 419301DE-38D2-4F21-B9F0-3041EBB6E108 8B4A751E-B22D-4EEE-8E09-6D527AF52496 E76A6C50-53A6-4596-88EC-A25D12C88E42 A823E27B-885E-4350-BC35-FBDB226D2BB5 9ECE414D-A9AC-416B-AD9B-DEF5A6602BCD 018CDE35-44EC-49D8-83CB-FEF68AD19BA1 59204326-CCEB-4201-B563-A92C782C6C82

Glazing

Sometimes a pot needs to have more glaze and refired. We’ll see if it works.

Lots of shelves to be used in the kiln.

Empty kiln.

Splashing some blue glaze on the bowl.

Glazing speckled Jam pot and Garlic pot.

The glaze is too thick so I’ll need to wash this one off and start again.

Buckets of glazes.

Pieces to be glazed.

Soup bowls to be glazed for the Kootenay Gallery’s fundraiser in a few months.

Trinket dishes

Plate 6″

Small dish 4″

Haret dish 4″

Haret dish 3″

Small dish 3 1/2″

Round dish 5 1/2″

Tiny dishes 3″

Plate 6″

Round dishes 5 1/2″

Handbuilding Fun

The majority of my pottery pieces are made on the Pottery Wheel, but occationally I make some Handbuilt pieces.

Planters

Platter 19″

Platter14′

13″ x 2″

10″ x 3 1/2″

Oval bowl 12″ long, 9″ wide, 2′ deep

7″ tall

Plant Pots

My plant in my Handbuilt pot.

Large pot: 8″ x 9″

Sunflower pot: 4″ x 4″

Hanbuilt pot: 7 1/2″ x 6″

4 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Love this shape: 3 1/2″ 5″

3 1/2″ x 3 1/2′

Dragon fly pot: 5″ x 4 1/2″

Colored planters: 6 1/2″ x 4 1/2″

Each planter has a matching saucer

Finally Firing!!

Our weather has gone from in the 30’s C. for the past 6 weeks or so, to 16 C. this morning, with a high of 20 C. for the day!! I’ve had my kiln loaded with a bisque firing since June because I had hoped to get a bisque and glaze firing done the last week of June, but the temperatures went up to 30 C. and has stayed hot since. So, today I’m doing the bisque firing, but we’ve been hearing thunder since we got up this morning, so worried that we can end up with power outage. I have my fingers and toes crossed.