Ready for glazing and firing

Part of the next kiln load almost ready to go.  I'll glaze some, stain others and leave some unglazed as well.

Also I'll be doing some test tiles of new glazes and glaze combinations. Its always exciting to see what the firing does to a new glaze - even to a familiar glaze - you just have to wait and see if your vision of the result is close or not to the finished result.  Sometimes its better, sometimes worse, but its always interesting!

Hand Carved Rectangular Bonsai Pot

Unglazed pots with oxide coloring

Virginia Creeper in fall colour.

Japanese maple in autumn

Fresh Pots

Pots fresh from the wheel are drying slowly as cool autumn weather begins.  When they're dry I'll be glazing some of them, staining others and then firing them all.  No bisque firing, just once up to around 2250 degrees F.(cone 6).

Bonsai bench for a client

A slab of cedar makes a fine bench for a friend's bonsai collection.