Tidy up those mugs!

So yesterday at he guild I mainly cleaned up some of my mugs that I've been working on. Most were still too wet to put in the kiln room to bisque fire, so I just wrapped them up again.

I also made a couple of slab bowls with lots of texture... I'm hoping they dry enough for next week!

I then practiced throwing on the wheel a little bit... I can still get that piece of balled up tape up through the center of the clay! Woo hoo!!! :)

I also took a picture of some things I put in the kiln room for a bisque firing... I'm excited to give the small mugs to the girls. They've been asking me to make them some mugs and stuff for a while.

The girls came to the guild a couple of weeks ago (?) so I put their platters in the kiln room aswell. Really proud of how they are both advancing in the decoration techniques. Amanda doesn't jab her paint brush into the clay, and Jessica has started to put simple designs into her work! I love doing crafty things with the girls, and I'm so glad that I can enjoy pottey with them ~ even though it gets a little hectic at times (hence no pictures of the platters in the making, lol!).

I covered a tumbler in a black/blue slip and brought it home to work on some sgraffito (carving?) in the clay. A little project to work on late at night when I'm just relaxing from the day and sitting down watching tv.

I also snapped a quick picture of the guild from the rear entrance way, just outside the kiln room...

A Great Day for a Lesson!

So yesterday I had a private lesson on how to center and throw from David at the Guild. What an awesome lesson! I am now able to cycle the clay and align the particles so that a piece of balled up tape at the center bottom of the clay will work it's way up through the middle of the clay to the top! Such an amazing feat!!!

I also attached some various handles to 12 various sized mugs! I LOVE MUGS!

The picture below I thought really highlights the texture of the handles...

Last Wednesday...

A few days later, I also took the girls in to the guild an made two plates/platters with them... No pictures though! I was kept pretty busy, lol!

Oh, and below is a slab bowl that I made (and since given away as a housewarming gift). It turned out great - glazed in "floating blue" with sprinkled droplets of "Sam's White" if I recall correctly.

A Toad In My Toad House!

So today Amanda had a toad, and we put it into the toad house that I made earlier in the year!

I think he looks pretty cozy... Here's hoping he calls it home for the summer! ;)

Attachment

So today I attached handles to some of the mugs that I threw last week... That went well - I especially love the really big mug that I made!

Here's a picture that I took before I trimmed the foot ring into it...

I attached handles to two teensy mugs that I made for my girls... Too cute!

I also had some bone dry mugs that I cleaned up for bisque firing...

I glazed two slab bowls with floating blue with Sam's white splattered ontop as well.

I also found several pieces on the glaze pickup rack! So exciting!!!

Below is a picture of some in the car, on my way home...