First I make the things then I glaze the things. Glazing is definitely not as much fun as making, but being able to lay it all out on the tables and make it more systematic definitely helps me. I lay out like things together and will also group things that are going to get the same glaze together. This helps make glazing go more smoothly and streamlined.
Everything laid out here is for the holidays and there is still more on the shelves to glaze! I also realized that I need to make more mugs so I'm bouncing back and forth between glazing and mug making right now.
The flowers are so amazing! They feel like a departure from my normal work, but they also fit with the overall nature theme I have going. I still have some plates that are bisque that I'm going to do in this motif. We'll see how others like these, but I definitely want to make more. I'll post more of a tutorial on how I did this when I do the plates.
I was worried that my experiment with the nutcrackers wasn't going to come out, but I love them. I didn't think the grey was going to be enough, and I was right. The slightly colored hats really makes them pop.
This kiln has a lot of refires and they all came out better the second time - which doesn't always happen. Adding a bit more sand and surf really helped the lily pads and the pumpkins.
Only one ugh in this kiln. I made a large platter and for some reason I didn't make an x on the bottom just one vertical foot. Of course, it sagged. Not sure if it's savable, but the top sure is pretty.
I can't see the flowers on the bowl in this pic! I did tilt my head and I think it's going to be amazing. A couple of refires on the top here that seem to have come through well. Really liking how the nutcrackers came out, I thought the grey on its own would be too dark and the red, yellow, and green hats help it pop.
I can't wait to open this and see the flower mugs and bowls. Cool kiln cool!
This poncho was a labor of love. There was so much frogging that happened making this. It came out amazing though. Unfortunately no pattern because it was such a labor of love. I've had a few people ask me about buying it. I can't let it go right now though.
The yarn is from A Hundred Ravens and its 2 Large Yaksha Gradient skeins in Famous Rainbows of the 80s. The the trees were some random brown I had in my stash of leftovers.
Trying to show more of it laid out on the floor.