las rubieras pottery

A successful experiment attempting to make a Japanese stone lantern out of clay. It's now drying and waiting to be bisque fired. Keeping my fingers crossed the clay survives its transmutation into ceramics #lasrubieraspottery

I'm about to do a bisque fire. These pieces will go up to 1800°F and will change irreversibly into ceramics #lasrubieraspottery @firedinaskutt

A whale shark salt creature. I find the patterns on their backs hypnotizing. I hope the combo underglaze glaze will work well. Now it needs to undergo a bisque firing and a glaze firing. Stay tuned for final results. #lasrubieraspottery

A Xmas tree made from porcelain to showcase the material's translucency #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #maycoglaze

You can see some of my pieces at the Rotary Botanical Gardens gift shop!

A large mug glazed in coppery tones

las rubieras pottery Wheel-thrown pottery made in Janesville WI. Small batch collection of functional and decorative pieces made in my basement studio.

Thank you! You can visit my website lasrubieraspottery.com I'll be uploading pieces soon

Another mug layered in horizontal stripes that are melty and flowy. This reminds me of a sunset by the beach. #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #mayco #coyoteglazes

A mug glazed in horizontal layers. I'm looking for a name for this type of melty, drippy effect. Drop your suggestion in the comments. Thank you! #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #amacoglazes #mayco

A coffe cup

A coffee cup with carvings

Coffee cup with carvings

Coffee cup with carvings

They are cups slightly larger than espresso cups. They are thrown from 10 ounces of clay and hold 4-6 ounces of the stimulant hot beverage of your choice. The walls are straight, the handles pulled, and their lower halves are carved in repeating patterns.

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Don't you love it when a piece you designed comes out to be exactly as you envisioned it? I cut the threads on the clay so that after fired, it would fit the thread on the soap pump #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #mayco

This is a donut vase. Ever since I learned to do enclosed forms I have been fascinated by it. #lasrubieraspottery #amacoglazes

This is the last step before a bisque firing. The pieces you see here are in various stages of drying. Once they have lost all the moisture, they can be safely fired to 1800 °F. #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt

Week three updates!

By the end of the third week we have laid down the carpet padding over all the will-be mats space. That will make all the ukemi we take soft as a feather.
It's starting to look like a dojo in there!
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Clayfest marked my first time sharing my pieces with the general public; I'm happy to be back! #lasrubieraspottery

So good!

A coffee pourover prototype with a paper filter holder. It's white stoneware and a dark blue glaze that breaks brown #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #maycoglaze

Thank you!

A new prototype for a coffee pourover #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #spectrumglazes

I'm pretty happy with the glaze job of this piece #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt Amaco's Albany Slip Brown and Lustrous Jade

A Lunar Bowl I call Mare Cognitum - Sea of Knowledge to reflect what I learned from the first prototype about the proper application of the glaze that bubbles to form the craters and the water effect is better gaining a darker blue toward the center #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #maycoglaze

A bisque firing reveal. A large bowl with some sgrafitto work and a whole entourage of kyusu teapots with side handles. Trivia! kyusu teapot is like saying teapot teapot! #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt

A lidded container bridging the sky in baby blues and the e in coppers and browns - and some nice crystals - #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #pottery

A new "tea for one" set. This one is thrown with dark clay and it's carved in botanical motifs. The teapot is a barrel body. The overarched handle leans forward to make pouring easier. The lid matches the mouth snuggly and it pours wonderfully. The piece holds a little over 10 ounces of tea

I enjoy making spoon rests. They are simple forms to make. Making the little whorl is supremely satisfying. People love to take them home and use them as spoon rests or as soap dishes. They also let me experiment with glazes without worrying too much about ruining the kiln shelves

A rather large mug with a curve profile that tapers toward the mouth. Thrown with dark clay body and coated with one of the fluxy glazes from Amaco. It holds 16 ounces of liquid and it is 4" tall and 3.5" in diameter #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #mugs #amacoglazes Las rubieras pottery

Another batch of ramen bowls thrown with a dark stoneware claybody and coated in a green glaze. Lots of variegation and character. They are 7 inches across and 3 inches tall #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #firedinaskutt #ramenbowl

A teapot thrown with dark stoneware and surface-treated to create shallow ridges on which the glaze can pool and break. #lasrubieraspottery #firedinaskutt #teapots

Great observation. It is smooth after the glaze filled in the ridges. The color variation comes from glaze thickness.

A little bud vase with a chattered surface that encourages the glaze to pool and break #lasrubieraspottery #amacoglazes #firedinaskutt