A year ago, I had never touched clay. This morning I pulled my first batch of bisqued pieces out of my home kiln. Hearing that high pitched, semi-vitrified clink sound filled me with a joy that I'm still trying to process. I'm so thankful for this hobby, and all the people I've met because of it. <3

Sometimes I get paranoid that bsky is going to get used as a repository for "undesirables" and it makes me hesitant to post anything other than pottery stuff. Maybe I'm just too scared in general.

Korean master Hyangjong Oh throwing bowls on a kick wheel.

glazy.org/posts/129908

Derek Au, the actual creator of Glazy.org, posted this blog about true celadons that do not require a reduction environment, these were all fired in a cone 6 kiln.

Super cool video of a super cool guy doing reduction firing in an electric kiln. The heating elements seem to be a cuh-razy ribbon type that I haven't seen before. Nothing is impossible, use porcelain, eat clay, trim your foots wet, breathe silica dust, throw walls downward
#pottery #clay #kiln

Could really go for a second iteration of the Battle of Blair Mountain right about now.

A bucha teacups that I have yet to trim, glaze, and fire.

Soda-fired teacup, Pinnel celadon. #pottery #teaware #tea #ceramics

My cat, Hot Dog!

Porcelain teacup with brushed glazes.

Porcelain matcha bowl, soda fired, pinnell celadon, cone 10 reduction

Had lots of reduction-based issues at the studio this term, so I switched from celadon glazes to oribe for the time being. So happy to get a successful piece.