Another go at it

Had another go at the alcohol reduction yesterday ,this time on a platter. Came out pretty nice ,but it was a lot emote difficult than I thought it would be 

Holiday open studio

We were experimenting with alcohol reduction firing  this past Sunday , here are a couple of pictures of the process , more pics of the finished results a little later . Haven't had a chance to get shots during daylight 

Pics of the annual thanksgiving Raku fest at my studio

What a great day, starts out at 5:30 am lighting the barrel, then later in the morning a friend stopped by and we did a few pieces in a horsehair ,ferric chloride finish then threw them into reduction , later lit another kiln and did some pieces to be fumed,  then did a my firt alcohol reduction firing with just one piece ,then did a regular Raku firing , and after dinner unloaded the barrel fire kiln I. What could be better , good friends, firing multiple kilns . Fun with flames and chemicals, unfortunately the first try at alcohol reduction didn't really work put as planned , and  the fumed pieces got away before I got pics of them , but this is the rest of it all

The 5:30 start to the annual thanksgiving barrel fire and Raku

I love opening the kiln

It is like being a kid on Christmas morning , and these results rocked my day 

A lot going on

In the upcoming weeks , it will be very busy. This starts with the opening of the show , Gather Round , at Sedona Arts Center, followed by 2 consecutive Sunday open studio and sales with loving bowls mixed in the middle . If you are in the northern Arizona area stop by and say hello 

Some new items fresh from the kiln

Another bowl of blues

A new process

I tried a new to me process this past weekend , fuming , where you open the kiln at about 900 degrees f and add some stannus chloride and that creates the fumes , then wait till its cooled . What you see here is the result of my first try 

A new wall hanging platter home today

Fun with friends and fire

Fired up the Raku kilns today (testing a new one ) and these were my results , one Raku wall hanging platter, one horsehair wall hanging platter and a horsehair vase 

Nights in white satin

A couple of wall hanging platters

Yea , whatever

Another Raku wall hanging platter that I did today at Sedona Arts Center . It came out absolutely gorgeous , , so, whatever 

Raku pieces from the weekend

A horsehair piece from today and a saggar from yesterday 

A horsehair bottle from Sundays Raku firing

Raku pieces from yesterday

Horsehair wall hanging platter

I am pretty excited about this 

Google street maps view inside the Sedona Arts Center main gallery

If you cruise around you can see some of my work, along with many other talented artist members 

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Large bowl from the kiln this morning

Fresh items from the kiln this morning

It is always like Xmas morning when it is time to open the kiln , here is what was inside 

This weekends pieces from the Raku kiln

Two horsehair/ferric chloride pieces, and three Raku pieces , all from the same firing on sat morning 

A Raku platter wall hanging and a couple of vases

Some horsehair pieces from this week , with a naked Raku thrown in