Finally back to the blog.

It has been a few weeks. Have managed to do a few thing in the studio like bisque firing and glazing.

I have had my daughter and 2 grandson from Japan for the last couple of weeks which along with work has kept me quite busy. So hear is a quick update with what I have been doing.

My two grandson Justin and Liam at the Royal Easter show. I was there with the Port Hacking Potters group demonstrating.

 went to Bunnings to-day and brought some wood to make some stands for pots for an exhibition in a couple of weeks. PVC pipes to use as moulds for some cylinders for an ? exhibition next year .

Need to start packing the kiln for a bisque

Waiting for pots to dry for turning and putting to- gether and decorating .

Hope I can turn to-morrow as back to work on Sunday Just as well for garbage bags keeps the pots nice until I can get back to them.

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Day out with the Port Hacking Potters

Nice day at the Festival of Living at Bundeena. A group of us from the Port Hacking Potters group had a stall at this yearly festival. Sold some pots . We all did and had a good time as well. Here are some pics

Our stall with Fran and Anna

Lovely gum trees to shade us

Music to listen too

Police and Fire Brigade to keep us safe.

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Favourite Things.
Not much time in the studio this week just finishing of pieces so I can load the kiln for a bisque. Off top view a gallery in Kings Cross tomorrow for an exhibition a group of us plan to have in May. More on that next week. Any way I though I would put some pics up of 2 little bud vases I put in a wood firing in August last year. They were in the throat of the kiln were they get a lot of ash plus they also stick to the wading but this adds to the effect. The only thing I did was fluting and a flashing slip at the leather hard stage.
I put some of my favourite roses in them to jazz them up.

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in the studio this week.
hi there bloggers this is what I have been up to this week.

Screen printing. slowly getting better with this the key is the printing medium at the right thickness.
Trial and error story of my life in clay.

Little bisque moulds. Got the idea from one of my favourite site Ceramic Art Daily. You make any shape you want. Put little handles on them. Bisque fire. Cut out another slab any shape . Let it dry slightly not leather hard. Put on thick piece of foam then push you mould into the clay.
End result is this.

 

You can use any shape you like, edges can be even or uneven, decorate how ever you like add feet  or not. I made the moulds from raku clay but you can make from what ever clay you have. Easy peasy.
Will glaze with a clear glaze with colorants added. Will put pics up when glaze fired. Thats it from me so why don't you pop over to http://mudcolony.com.au/ and see what the other potters are up to.

We are back for another year.

The time off from blogging with Mudcolony went really fast. I hope everyone had a good Christmas and a Happy new year. I had the Christmas New Year weeks off from work first time in a least 20 years. I was great feeling what it is like to be normal. I played in my studio, cleaned it mainly. The last couple of weeks I have been bisque and glaze firing it do during the hols as weather far to hot in Sydney. Would not like to start a bush fire as we have alot of bush around us.
Did glaze testing some look promising. Experiment with cakestands been there before so modifying a few things.

The good old reliable mug. Practicing printing.

The cakestand  reverted to a skirt on it as had warping issues a couple of years ago. Still needs work but am getting there finally.

Mishima and screen print.

The majolica glaze the worked really well . Tried it on a slightly bigger piece than a test tile . I will test further look promising with cobalt brush work.

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Cronulla market

On Saturday I took part in the Port Hacking Potters Stall at Cronulla Mall. A good day was had by all. Wonderful company and lovely day.

Some examples of my work.
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Port Hacking Potters Stall 8th Dec Cronulla Mall
I have been asked to participate in the Port Hacking Potters Stall on Saturday 8th Dec. 
Looked through my pots to if there is anything good enough . Found a few things so here I go  having to sand bottoms, Polish porcelain and make tags , pricing and packing . Only trouble is 2 x 12 hr day shifts and 1x 12 hr night shift to do first. 

    


Looking a bit white will search for a few coloured pieces before Saturday.
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