Thursdayness

[morgaina]

This early afternoon I take HES to the airport. It has been so good to have him here for so long. I am also so very grateful to him, he painted the front of the house and it looks so much better. That is the biggest area, I should be able to finish painting the rest myself. After about a week and a half in Chicago he and DIL will set out for their new home in Guadalahara. (Must, must, must get passport paperwork completed!)

I unloaded the kiln this morning, in general the load looks good. There are a few things I am slightly dissatisfied with the glaze so will slap more glaze on and re-fire. That is fairly typical for how I work.
I was happy with the amphorae for tjk_40 the tallest one, shown here is 17". One not shown broke in the bisque firing :-( This was the most amazingly fun group of pots to make.

Comments

[doll-paparazzi.livejournal.com]

These look awesome! I want to make some as well one of these days. It's been on my "to do" list since an An Tir laurel (I just know his real name... Bill, he's a jewelry merchant and does amazing stuff) asked me to make some like three or so years ago along with three other greek forms.

How are you going to glaze them?

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)
tjk_40 asked me to glaze the interior, which I did with a transparent, but so it wouldn't show. The example pic she sent me was in white clay, thus the clay body. And, from what I've found, they wouldn't have been glazed.

[doll-paparazzi.livejournal.com]

BTW, did you throw these in pieces or what?

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Yes I threw them in two pices and put them together (eh, well of course;-)) It seemed the best way to get the bases pointed, trimming them down would not be very graceful.

[freewaydiva.livejournal.com]

William Bjornson. Nice guy. :)

[doll-paparazzi.livejournal.com]

Yes he is! Him and his wife were some of the first An Tirians to welcome me to the Kingdom face-to-face. :)

[monkeyjunk.livejournal.com]

amphorae!!!!!
so fucking COOL!!!!!!!
Want to take on that challenge someday....
*THE AWESOME*

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Amphorae are so much fun, I recommend doing them!!!!! I liked working with pure shape since I have the tendency/addiction of so much surface design. I used a very plastic clay and that helped too.

[dame-eleanor.livejournal.com]

Those are killer! Wow!

[not-justagirl.livejournal.com]

OMG! How did I miss this post??? What about 6" high ones??? They're beautiful... let me know if this is something that you'd like to do again...

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Yes, I hope to do more. They were so enjoyable.

[tjk-40.livejournal.com]

These are FABULOUS!! You are so full of awesome.

[mirandanoel.livejournal.com]

Awesomely cool jars!

[gargoyal3.livejournal.com]

AH HAH!!!

2 pieces. Excellent. I had a request to make some too, and was failing mightily because I was trying to make them in one throw.

THANK YOU!

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.
I could possibly imagine them being thrown upside down too, but the two pieces work so well I would guess they were thrown this way in period too. Or perhaps coil and throw, which is how I usually do larger work and is common in Oriental countries.