Chris has been taking another pottery class, this one more focused on different glazing and firing techniques. It's also given him the opportunity to use a pottery wheel (the last class was all about hand-building).
The studio he's going to has many potters on site and the class has a bunch of students so filling up the kiln wasn't too hard. A full kiln is a happy kiln!
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Getting ready to fire |
There are many different firing techniques and they each give a different finish to the work. There is raku, which involves burning straw:
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Raku |
There sagar, which uses wood chips and chemicals and even copper wire. And then there is regular high-firing which results in a food safe finish (if you use the right glaze).
He's had great fun learning new techniques to create change bowls, garlic keepers, ring bowls, statuary, and many miscellaneous type items.
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The bee hive cap |
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Garlic keeper |
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A yarn bowl |
Not everything has made it home yet so I don't have finished photos, but I did get some pictures of the cap for the log bee hive.
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Placing the cap |
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This is a sagar finish |
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Isn't it adorable? |
He's actually enjoyed this class so much that we're looking at getting a kick wheel so we can turn stuff at home. Maybe we'll be able to convert the Nest into a pottery / art studio. A much better use for it than a storage shed.
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