A few Bellota pots

peter krebs wrote:Hi Paul,
they are all masterpieces, these pots are very popular in Germany.

Best wishes
Peter

Thank you for the nice compliment Peter.

I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my work.

Cheers,
Paul

You are really mastering that glaze Paul. Very impressing !

Kind regards
Martin

Klaudia & Martin wrote:You are really mastering that glaze Paul. Very impressing !

Kind regards
Martin

Thank you Martin.

This Oribe glaze is a personal favorite of mine. I have experimented with it quite a bit and it looks good on many different clay bodies from porcelain to brown stoneware.

Cheers,
Paul

Paul,

I too agree that this glaze works very well with your textured type pots. Beautiful craftsmanship as usual

Take care,
Rob

Rob Addonizio wrote:Paul,

I too agree that this glaze works very well with your textured type pots. Beautiful craftsmanship as usual

Take care,
Rob

I appreciate your positive feedback Rob.

You always did have a soft spot for the copper glazes.

Happy Holidays,
Paul

Hi Paul

I really like how the cracks in the clay body show underneath the glaze.

Cheers
Vic

Gwyther wrote:Hi Paul

I really like how the cracks in the clay body show underneath the glaze.

Cheers
Vic

Thanks Vic, I appreciate the kind words.

Cheers,
Paul

Here are a few round pots that came out of the last firing.


257-002-12


306-008-12


PX1-003-12

Enjoy,
Paul

That blue pot looks strangely familiar.

Russell Coker wrote:

That blue pot looks strangely familiar.

Hey Russell,

If you remember there were a total of four pots that I made.

This is a brother to the one you have.

Cheers,
Paul

Yes, I do remember! It was hard to pick one, they all turned out so well.

Russell Coker wrote:

Yes, I do remember! It was hard to pick one, they all turned out so well.

Thanks for the support Russell.

Would you like to see the forth pot?

It had what you might call an accident.

Cheers,
Paul

Are you holding back on me?

Russell Coker wrote:

Are you holding back on me?

Yea, I guess you could say that. The last two were the back-up plan if the yellow pot didn't work out.

Anyway, here is a photo of the forth pot.



As you can see, it was kissed by the flames during the reduction firing.

My plan is to finish it with the yellow glaze that you picked out. My wife thought the yellow glaze without the accent color would make a nice pot.

Any thought on this one.

Regards,
Paul

Will that dark spot show through the yellow? That may be interesting.

I think with that warped lip I'd go with one of those old Canton dark green, thick, drippy glazes. Stop the glaze at that crease above the foot and let it drip down unevenly. Crap, now I want it too!

Russell Coker wrote:Will that dark spot show through the yellow? That may be interesting.

That's what I'm hoping for Russell.

Russell Coker wrote:I think with that warped lip I'd go with one of those old Canton dark green, thick, drippy glazes. Stop the glaze at that crease above the foot and let it drip down unevenly. Crap, now I want it too!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how to finish this pot.

I went with the yellow. The pot is in the kiln now.

I'll keep you posted.

Paul

Here are a couple of round pots that came out of the last firing.









Enjoy,
Paul

Very nice results Paul!

Jesse wrote:Very nice results Paul!

Hello Jesse,

I appreciate the positive feedback.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Cheers,
Paul

I'm envious, when I see such a yellow. I'm not able to fire similar color. Once "nickel yellow" worked fine for me, but I still try to repeat it without any good results. Going to show in my thred, my little daughter's pot with nickel yellow, no yellow...
Great work, thank You for inspiration, Paul!

Beautiful pots Paul, love the one with the big cracks filled with glaze/stain. They won't be in your ownership for very long I bet.

Kind regards

Andy

Tom Benda wrote:I'm envious, when I see such a yellow. I'm not able to fire similar color. Once "nickel yellow" worked fine for me, but I still try to repeat it without any good results. Going to show in my thred, my little daughter's pot with nickel yellow, no yellow...
Great work, thank You for inspiration, Paul!

Tom, I'm glad you like the yellow, I do too!

Last year I approached Paul with a pot design that I needed. I had already fallen in love with his plum chun glaze that goes to blue on porcelain, so I knew I wanted that. It's on the same page as your post that I quoted. I also wanted one in a good clear bright yellow, and Paul worked very hard to get me exactly what I wanted! Lots of test tiles, phone calls and emails back and forth. He will have to share the gorey details, but I could not be any happier with the 2 pots!

Next is blue nuke, I'm working on the pot I want it on!

R

Tom Benda wrote:I'm envious, when I see such a yellow. I'm not able to fire similar color. Once "nickel yellow" worked fine for me, but I still try to repeat it without any good results. Going to show in my thred, my little daughter's pot with nickel yellow, no yellow...
Great work, thank You for inspiration, Paul!

Thank you for the kind words Tom.

The yellow glaze is nothing to be envious of. This is actually a commercial, low fire (cone 06), yellow glaze I purchased at the local supply store.

The pot itself, which is made from porcelain, was fired without any glaze in the gas, reduction kiln to cone 10 first. That's where the dark spot and the warped lip occurred. During the firing is was situated in such a way that only the top part of the pot was in the path of the flame. During the reduction firing this leading edge of the rim became hotter causing the warp and the porcelain clay body trapped some carbon where the flames where hitting the surface. I then applied the yellow glaze and re-fired the pot to cone 06 to mature the finish. I hope this explanation helps.

I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.

Regards,
Paul

Stone Monkey wrote:Beautiful pots Paul, love the one with the big cracks filled with glaze/stain. They won't be in your ownership for very long I bet.

Kind regards

Andy

Thanks Andy, your feedback is always appreciated.

I like that particular pot myself.

It was one of a series of small 6" pots I made to test how my green glazes would look when applied to a stretched pot using the gray stoneware clay body. I was asked to make a larger pot (13" round) for a customer that wanted it finished in a green accent glaze. Since I had not finished any pots like this, I did not want to experiment with the bigger pot. That was the finish that the customer selected also.

Here is a photo of the larger pot that I made.



Cheers,
Paul

Russell Coker wrote:Tom, I'm glad you like the yellow, I do too!
Last year I approached Paul with a pot design that I needed. I had already fallen in love with his plum chun glaze that goes to blue on porcelain, so I knew I wanted that. It's on the same page as your post that I quoted. I also wanted one in a good clear bright yellow, and Paul worked very hard to get me exactly what I wanted! Lots of test tiles, phone calls and emails back and forth. He will have to share the gorey details, but I could not be any happier with the 2 pots!

Next is blue nuke, I'm working on the pot I want it on!

R

Hi Russell,

It was a pleasure working with you on this particular project. I enjoyed the challenge very much and was happy that I was able to provide you with a finished product that met your expectations.

I hope you don't mind but I am going to share a photo of the two pots that you selected.



This is the plum chun pot Russell selected.



And this is the yellow pot we worked on together.

Regards,
Paul