Just before Christmas I got a great suggestion that I should make a pancake platter with a lid. But of course, a really great idea! Eh, what is it?
Pancake platter with a lid
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In the spotlight
In the spotlight, the beauty and the flaws get revealed and the final works of my hand gets the final judgment.
Monoprint on clay
Ginkgo leaves and one aspen leaf embossed into black clay. Painted with white engobe and fired to 1240 degrees.
The most important thing is what is invisible to the eye
To the naked eye, these golden crystals look like small golden dust on the surface of the glaze but a completely different picture opens up very closely through a magnifying glass.
First oil lamp, what I made
The very first oil lamp that I made was a gift to a very special friend of our family. But now I just wanted to show off how it turned out.
Firing #138 – Ice Crackle and Teadust glazes
Every time there is some anxiety firing up the kiln – how they all come out. Every time it’s exciting to peek inside the kiln before completely opening the kiln door. Here are some pictures of the result both from a distance and up close.
Ceramic box with cobalt blue ice-crackle glaze
This glaze on the box likes only flat surfaces as its runny, but then it produces amazing play of light when light reflects through the cracks of the glaze.
