I really enjoyed making some stamped dinner plates (salad plates, once they shrunk!) this session, and was really curious to see how the glazes would work with the dark chocolate H440 clay.
11) This plate started as approx 1800g of H440 clay, and stamped with one of my hand made stamps. It is a pretty deep plate, something between a plate and a bowl. Perfect for pasta. I added Black stain to the impressions, and then glazed in Bamboo. I like how the Bamboo breaks over the brown clay, and the freckly iron-rich texture shows nicely. I think this is my favourite glaze so far on this clay. But I look forward to experimenting more.
12) This is also the H440 clay, glazed in Deep Blue and Amber Celadon (overlapping). A bit darker than I usually like, but I love how the Amber Celadon breaks over the carvings on the edge.
13) Least favorite glaze on the H440 : Ash Yellow. I think I intentionally stirred it lightly, so the Ash Yellow would apply a bit thin. So it turned out a bit mottled yellow and brown. Not too bad, but not my choice of colors. The plate itself is pretty nice, with again the hand made stamps decorating the edge.
I am really pleased with the shape and weight of my plates, and really look forward to making some with pedestal bases, likely in the new year.
14) This fig leaf is an absolute beauty. Too bad it's for my future garden totem, rather than a trinkets plate. It is made from B-Mix clay, and my notes say that I applied Deep Blue glaze to the cracks first, and then dipped in Tam's Green. And I have a sad face indicating that the Tam's Green went on a bit thick, and was all crackly. But there is no sign of that now. It is beautiful, with a rich veining. There is a bit of the kiln shelf stuck to it (see bottom left), but I should be able to easily grind that off.
These next four pieces are extruded sections of B-Mix clay which I will use for another garden totem. I really like how all of them turned out.
15) It's funny, but the Davidii involucrata leaf imprints were washed in Green overglaze, but since they were waxed (so unglazed), they went black rather than green. I had that same thing happen a long time ago while I was playing with little leaf pendants / beads. But there isn't much I could do about it, as I really wanted to keep these unglazed. Another time perhaps the whole piece could have a green slip applied before adding the leaf imprints, to get actual green. Anyhow, the remainder was dipped in Amber Celadon. Lovely result. I think this would work great for some mugs next Spring, when all the leaves are fresh and available again. It's pretty slim pickin' at the moment.
16) This piece also turned out nicely. It is the imprint from Japanese Anemone leaves. It was glazed in Tam's Green, but it seems to be thinly applied. I like how there are fall yellows and browns on that bottom corner.
17) This piece features the mosquito geranium from my friend Beth, and a texture from one of my hand made stamps. Funny but when I first saw it, I thought "newspaper", and my son said the exact same thing when he saw it. It is Black stain in the textures, and then Celadon. I will use this combination again!
18) This one looks very similar to (15) above, but here I used Black stain in the viburnum leaf imprints, and then Amber Celadon where I hadn't waxed.
Most of my other pieces are now awaiting glazing. So I hope to move them along on Wednesday, as the studio is closed this weekend for Remembrance Day. Then I have probably very few I can finish up or start, and get done by the end of the month, when the studio closes for the Christmas / Winter break, and doesn't reopen until January.
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