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Stroke n coat wonderglaze bottles next to a ceramic pot with some color already applied

Red ceramic pot decorated with the outline of a protea flower sliptrailed with white slip.

This one took a while to fire because it was a bit of glaze on the bottom, so the studio wouldn’t fire it (ooops…) but it’s finished now! #pottery #sliptrail

Tan and dark neon marbled ceramic bowls with cherry blossom decoration on one area. The bowl edges have been folded down twice for chopsticks to rest on, forming an area to slurp from between

Slurp bowls!

I gotta make more of these, I love them so much. (Even with the colors running under too thick clear…) #pottery

Ceramic cup with sipping top. Decorated with blue snd black underglaze carved into a fish scale pattern

Ceramic cup with sipping top. Decorated with blue snd black underglaze carved into a geometric wave pattern

A couple more sippy cups. Does everyone else love to drink from these? Or is it just me? #pottery #sgraffito

Dark brown and cream clay ceramic pot with green monstera leaves added to the surface with details carved in.

On a “off” throwing day, I had to really fight to not waste some clay I had wedged together. This planter originally had a saucer attached… until I over-trimmed it. oops. #pottery

Brown ceramic plant pot carved on a faux bois design.

This was so easy and quick! I should have left the juicyfruit glaze off the top, but I see more of these in my future! #pottery #fauxbois

A ceramic bowl with stabd, with two tabs on the sides. The inside is light blue and the outside is glazed with cream colored glaze. Two other bowls are in the background.

A ceramic bowl with stabd, with two tabs on the sides. The inside is pink and the outside is glazed with cream colored glaze. Two other bowls are in the background.

A ceramic bowl with stabd, with two tabs on the sides. The inside is blue and the outside is glazed with cream colored glaze. Two other bowls are in the background.

I made two raised kitty bowls, but we dropped one and broke it. And then dropped and broke the other! So I made three more… but with HANDLES. We’ll see how long they survive… #pottery

A ceramic cup with a sip top. Honeycomb pattern is carved into the Yellow, orange and pink colors painted on randomly, revealing tan clay.

A new little favorite! A sippy cup with a honeycomb pattern carved into underglaze. #pottery #sgraffito

I mean the clay is pretty much unporous, so it won’t let water through, (even without glaze.)

Round Black clay pot with brown to tan drippy glaze on top half of the top Pot and the enclosed.

Angular Black clay pot with brown to tan drippy glaze on top half of the top Pot and the enclosed.

I made some self-watering pots!
Only… I fired it normally to cone 6 ish, so this Ironstone clay is pretty much vitrified, and not porous. Ooops #pottery

Ceramic bowl with mountains carved in blue underglaze revealing cream clay beneath

A bowl to match the mug! I like the green colors of the mug better, but the bowl also turned out nicely. #pottery #sgraffito

Just noticed the typo. It’s not a Chicago. It’s a Chickadee

Bulbous mug with a mountain scene carved into green colors randomly applied.

I like this little mug to be donated to a meals on wheels fundraiser. It was a bunch of different green underglazes brushed on randomly, then carved. I like the bright green colors.. #pottery #sgraffito

A hummingbird flying up to a flower painted on a reddish brown clay bowl.

My wife said this looked “rustic”, which is not what I was going for.. ooops… still figuring out glaze techniques! #pottery #sliptrail

A light tan bowl decorated with a Black capped chickadee.

A black capped Chicago! This bowl is part of my peacock experiment, but the outside was decorated with Mishima and Amaco Semi-moist underglazes. #pottery #mishima

Me too!

Two bowls with flowing glaze in blue, tan and yellow colors. The bowl on the left is darker and has thinner drips and the bowl on the right has more flowery drips.

An experiment! The bowl on the left (darker clay) was glazed with the peacock method using V’s of flux. The light bowl on the right was glazed with W’s of flux. Same three rows of flux, same colors of Stroke n Coat in each, same Sandstone top coat. The V’s are sharper! #pottery #peacock

It had to be fired twice (apparently the clear glaze was too thick, so it needed a re-melt to clarify the cloudiness in areas…) but I think it’s finished! #pottery #sgraffito

My sliptrailed poppy bowl is done! It may seem obvious, but I just found out that thinner slip is much easier to use… ha! #pottery #sliptrail

Omg!

I just made a pair of these! I’m calling them slurp bowls, since the area between the chopstick dents are perfect for slurping the broth in the bottom of the bowl! Love your blue color!

My bookend pots survived the bisque, and the glaze firing!! I’ll have to remember that 1 coat zinc free clear turns out with expected results! #pottery #sliptrail

Here it is finished! You can’t see the inside, but honestly, it’s not super exciting: it’s kind of a red-ish brown… #pottery #sgrafitto #origami

I LOVE the guardian planter! That expression….

A black pot with white origami cranes painted and carved on it with a big bag of jelly beans behind it.

I like this black clay. I got it pretty smooth while trimming, but I’m excited to see the roughness contrasting with the white clay origami after it gets fired. What should I glaze the inside with? #pottery #origami

At the end of the night, I decided to throw big. It’s walls are thicker than I’d hope, but this bowl currently weighs 10lbs. #throwbigorgohone #pottery

Ooh! It’s so close to being perfect! Our studio fires at a high cone 6, and it my pieces in New Mexico chocolate clay are a little darker and richer… but a slightly darker brown with the green? *chef’s kiss

Ii think I like throwing things because it’s quicker and a more even surface for decoration. Drawings just look so good on clay! #pottery #sliptrail

Love the stick handle on the leaf pot!

Two red clay pots with prickly pear cactus drawn on them in white slip

A set of book end planter pots are ready for the bisque firing. One had a crack in the side so crossing my fingers it survives the firing. #pottery #sliptrailing

Four clay taco stands lined up together.

I made a set of taco stands. I hope they dry without cracking: they’re supposed to be a gift for my sister, and I have two weeks to get them done. Ha! #pottery

Tan lidded pot with plant designs inlaid, with a grey 3d mouse at the bottom, and a red 3d snake coiled on the lid

This pot is the tiniest little thing! The inlaid design looks super intricate, but it was MUCH bigger originally. And the snake’s tail disguises the side of the lid that doesn’t fit… #pottery #mishima #lemonstolemonade