Showing posts with label glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glaze. Show all posts

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Pottery Tea Bowls Galore!

Amaco's Fire Brick Red over Lustrous Jade

So I have been exploring the tea bowl form lately, here are the results! What I love about the tea bowl form is the multiple uses it can be used for. The ceramic piece can be used as a coffee or tea cup, and it also could be used as a small serving bowl. You might also notice that I have finally broken down and bought a professional backdrop. I find that the investment in the backdrop has been worth it though as it has helped generate more sales on my etsy website.

My dry Amaco glazes came in last week, and it has made it a lot easier to glaze. Having the ability to dip the piece in the glaze instead of brushing on the glaze has created better looking glazes in my opinion, as they appear much more uniform.

Vert Lustre over Jade


I have also been experimenting with glaze combinations using Amaco's Lustrous Jade glaze as a base glaze. I have added captions to the pictures of what the glaze painted on top of Jade is, so that if you are looking to repeat any of the combinations you can see what to expect.

Iron Lustre over Jade
Tenmoku over Jade

Thanks,

 

Mark Barta

 

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Cone 6 Firing Part 2!

I just recently fired my second round of Cone 6 glazes in my kiln, and this round turned out exceptionally well. This entry is going to mainly focus on pictures of the pieces, if you have any questions about the firing, feel free to leave a comment. All pieces were fired with Amaco's Cone 6 glazes and are a combination of two glazes brushed on top of each other.

 

Large Tenmoku vase with Seaweed Green on top

Loving this combination!
Base Glaze is Amaco's Tenmoku
Glaze on Top is Amaco's Seaweed Green
 
Twisted Top Bottle
Twisted Top Bottle
Base Glaze is Amaco's Tenmoku
From Above Angle
Top Glaze is Amaco's Seaweed Green

 

Small Brown Vase

Round Brown Vase
Base Glaze is Tenmoku
Top Glaze is Light coat of Lustrous Jade
 
Bowls
Base Glaze Blue Rutile, top glaze Seaweed Green
Inside of Bowl
Blue Rutile Base, Top Lustrous Jade
Inside of bowl
 
 
Thanks for Reading and Looking!
-Mark Barta