I used this little pouring bowl to test a new shino glaze that doesn't use lithium or spodumene (which are very expensive these days due to the Li-ion battery industry taking it all). It's a whiter white than many shinos which are often kinda grey white.

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I have tried various recipes for the famous Japanese nuka glaze. It's a white that is traditionally made with rice husk ash, which I can't get. Using silica and other ingredients instead, this is by far the best attempt yet. I formulated it myself using an analysis of RH ash.

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Not my normal style but quite a nice bottle from the recent firing. Two ash glazes. The base glaze has been scorched by the flame and gone semi-volcanic. One of those unexpected gifts from the kiln. More often the kiln kicks you hard in the ass, hehe.

C10 gas redux

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My first attempt at making a tea bowl with inclusions of feldspar in the clay. It doesn't make throwing easy!

There's shino glaze inside the bowl, and a mineral wash and sprinkles of wood ash outside. I think I am pretty close to the wood-fired look (but in a gas kiln).

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In good reduction towards the end of my last gas firing of the year. Aiming for 1280-1300C

Hoping to get some nice pots out. And I have some new glazes that I'm hopeful for...

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First time playing with agate ware. You roughly mix two different clays together and throw the pot as usual to leave this marble effect.

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The finished pottery paddle I made on my CNC machine today.

I need to file the handle a bit more round. But it's pretty nice.

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A rutile blue yunomi tea cup that got a bit oxidised on one side. It's still pretty.

No blue pigments are used in this glaze.
Due to chemical/optical magic, rutile (a titanium-rich mineral) forms blue in the presence of iron.

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I trimmed the pots from the last post. They are drying now before their first firing.

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