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Archive for August, 2007

To Coil or Not to Coil…

I decided I needed to do something different the other day. The slab work was not”floating my boat” the wheel work was making me dizzy and I was all accented out. So I decided to go back and make some pots they way I started out making them by COILING.Not only was it relaxing, threaputic and a little time consuming compared to other methods of making pots, I had so much fun making this way again. The pots are still green at the moment but I thought that I would post a few of them for your deliberation. I was pleased with the results…

When I first started coiling I squeezed and rolled the coils by hand. Now I have the luxury of an extruder and it makes the coil production so much faster, leaving time to concentrate on the pot itself.Here is the last one which was a challenge to coil to say the least, but I got there in the end, sorry the pic is a little blurry. The pots will be fired in a few weeks along with many others. I shall post when fired.

These pots are all around the 30cm x 24cm mark.
Here are some bigger pots approx 50cm x 40 ish. They are “green” at the moment so they will shrink a little

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 14 Aug 2007 | Bonsai Pottery | Comments (2)

Gas and Glazes

  

  

My first Kiln was electric and I now use Gas. Even with the same glaze on the same clay body in a different part of the gas kiln yields different results. Talk about confusing!! Every time I galze fire I always do a couple of glaze tests to see if I can achieve a colour or finish that is acceptable for the Bonsai Pot Palette.
Here are a couple of examples…


This glaze, intended for Accent Pots was on the top shelf in a greater reduction atmosphere

And the same glaze 2 shelves down. This one is slightly more satin in finish than the one on the top shelf which is very dry and matt.

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 10 Aug 2007 | Bonsai Pottery | Comments (2)