I finely got around to cleaning and sanding the bottoms of these ones. Very happy with the glazes combinations.

This will be a story told over a few posts. It is so cold and windy here that it is painful to take photos outside. Indoor photos do not do justice to theses ones.

Woodfiring is exciting and unpredictable. Usually a two day event, this time packing the kiln was done in one day thanks to some really determined and organised people (not me 😀 )

A few images from outside and inside the kiln:

Or so I say…..

I love the colours that the chemicals and food scraps leave on my pots. A few examples of what goes inside the clay pods I encase them with.

This is how they come out of the pod….

And this is how they going to look on someone’s mantle……..

The first firing didn’t go so well so I had to raise the temperature and do it all again. This time with glorious results. I am so happy with the way the colours came out I would like to share them with you…..

And some mugs less colourful. I can’t imagine my coffee in a bright blue mug….. can you?

Next week is my first reduction firing after almost 3 years. I hope I still remember how to do it….. For those of you who are not potters reduction firing means you deprive the kiln of oxygen while firing so that the charachter of the glaze and the clay change as a result. I really love the affects of reduction firing but they are very difficult to control. Maybe that is why I like it. Control is not my thing…..

Here are some pots with glazes. Sometimes I like the way they look before the firing more than after…

Can’t wait to see how these will come out. I love their colour now….

Once a year a group of potter get together for the annual wood firing of the groundhog kiln at Strathnairn art centre. It seems that my stuff occupies most of it this year……

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Glazing is so time consuming so this time I decided to concentrate on very few. Four to be exact. One for the mugs, one for the bowls and two (combined) for the others. As it is wood firing I left quite a few with no glaze. Hoping the wood would do the work for me.

Preparing a new batch for reduction firing this weekend.