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 

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