Holiday Cheer

Just a note to wish all of you who visit this site a joyous holiday season 

May the force be with you 

Some new Raku pieces

Third annual Holiday Open Studio

Great day today , got to see lots of friends stop by , and did a demo Raku in the new kiln . I'll be doing another one tomorrow . Great day , lots of my ceramics found new homes today , so I have lots of shelf space to fill up . Here is a pic of the piece from the fire today 

Annual Holiday Open Studio

Today's Raku

Another beauty from the new Raku kiln today 

First Friday

It was a wonderful evening at the Sedona Arts Center . It is a great show , and it is running until November 22 

In la la land

I am remiss , haven't posted in a while , sorry . Been busy with lots of exciting stuff , planning a new Raku kiln with a friend , learning some new techniques , and working on a new body of work. I have been selected as the featured ceramic artist during November at the Sedona Arts Center . Plus we are having our annual thanksgiving open studio and sale 

Lots or get ready for . Here are some pics of what I've been working on 

It's not hot enough

Only 101 today at the studio, so we had to fire up the raku kilns , here are the results 

Chemical sagar

Two new pieces from the chemical sagar, then I ran them through the bisque in the electric kiln , and it really enhanced the color , very dramatic 

New process

These are two test pieces I used utrying out a new to me process . These two pieces came from a tin foil saggar . The pots were coated  respectively  in ferric chloride and potassium dicrominate . The tin foil is then smeared with honey and peanut butter, add a few organic items of your choice , a few egg shells , wrap it up and put in kiln . 

Some mugs and tea bowls . Just part of a kiln full

A few new platters

Some new pieces from the raku and oxidation kilns 

Three new Raku platters from the fire today

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Played with fire, horsehair and ferric chloride today

Today's booty

Did a couple of platters in the Raku kiln this afternoon

More playing with fire

We  fired up two kilns today , one for naked Raku the other for plain old Raku , both came out pretty good , love the blue on the vase from the Raku kiln

Super Sunday Raku

Since we don't watch commercial tv ,  here is my super Sunday Raku . Did a couple of platters in the fire this midday 

Back in the saddle

I have been out of the loop for a little bit , had a minor surgery on my shoulder last wed , all is well and did a back at it Raku today with some friends , here are a few of my pieces from the fire 

Fuming with stannus chloride

A few pieces I did today in the Raku kiln , and fumed with stannus chloride . Very nice