There is nothing but amazing in this kiln. The monster mugs are my favorite, but the ghost mugs are amazing as well. The chicken has so much personality and I am totally keeping her as a decoration for my house. The 3D pumpkin has great color and texture. I look back on the gnome ornaments I made a few years ago compared to these and my glazing has gotten so much crisper. I've also got a better handle on colors on clay.
Everything came out fantastic.
At the bottom of this kiln are the ghost and monster mugs. I can't wait for this to be cool enough to see them! The new laguna 60 snowmen look great. I forgot to add in the eyes and buttons, but I think I really like it that way.
The glaze on the 3D star ornaments slide right off in places, first time I've had that happen. Very thankful for my advancer shelves!
The chicken is looking pretty awesome. I decided to do the eyes with acrylic because I'm still not great at them.
There is a lot of holiday stuff in this kiln, this is the first of a few of those.
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.