Here's a few pots...

Next, a warm earth toned oval with similar dimensions...

This final pot turned out some beautiful colors using an oribe green glaze. It is a bit deeper than the last pot...

Here is the bottom...

I liked crack patterns.
Great job!

I like that blue glaze!

Another fine bunch of work. You must have your reduction firing well in hand for that copper red (which I like).

DaveT

Hi Rob,

this are again good unusual pots, Good work as always.

Best wishes
Peter

Sakaki wrote:I liked crack patterns.
Great job!

Hello Sakaki,
Thanks for the feedback on the crackle texture. Although it is definitely not a new technique to pottery, I enjoy ways of making it into my design.

Cheers,
Rob

John Quinn wrote:I like that blue glaze!

Thanks John. This is a base glaze attributed to Val Cushing, with the addition of cobalt for blue, an old standby colorant since antiquity.

Take care,
Rob

DWThomas wrote:Another fine bunch of work. You must have your reduction firing well in hand for that copper red (which I like).

DaveT

Hi Dave,
Thank you so much for taking time to comment. As a potter yourself I am sure you know or have heard how difficult it is to produce copper red. This was one of my goals with this kiln, and so far so good if I may say so myself. Although it is too early to declare anything close to achieving mastery, I remain excited at the chance of developing this further.

Thanks again,
Rob

peter krebs wrote:Hi Rob,

this are again good unusual pots, Good work as always.

Best wishes
Peter

Thank you Peter!

Humbled,
Rob

Hello Rob

Your work is more and more refined ..... the "finishes" are perfect !

Personally I prefer the smooth glazed pots .... but that's only a matter of taste.

Kind regards
Martin



...... and I prefer the "crackled" ones.....

Kind regards
Klaudia

Hi I m new here from France
I really appreciate the different pots I have seen on that forum, mainly that blue crackled one
thanks for all those new views, different from the traditionnal japanese or chinese ones, and please, excuse my so poor english

Klaudia & Martin wrote:Hello Rob

Your work is more and more refined ..... the "finishes" are perfect !

Personally I prefer the smooth glazed pots .... but that's only a matter of taste.

Kind regards
Martin



...... and I prefer the "crackled" ones.....

Kind regards
Klaudia

Hey, you guys are too much...

As always, thanks for commenting,
Rob

Torca wrote:Hi I m new here from France
I really appreciate the different pots I have seen on that forum, mainly that blue crackled one
thanks for all those new views, different from the traditionnal japanese or chinese ones, and please, excuse my so poor english

Thank you Torca for taking time to comment...

I love hearing from others; it helps keep me fresh.

Cheers,
Rob

Well, here are three more that just came out of my kiln today...

This is a medium small pot that I used a new glaze, a pale matt blue. It is nice in reduction on both stoneware and porcelain. Here it is on a heavily reduced midrange buff claybody:

This blue on the following pot is very similar to another blue glaze that I posted here a few weeks ago. It is a bit shinier, good for smaller pieces...

Here on midrange porcelain, fired on the high range of its recommended temperature:

Another small pot, featuring a iron rich glaze on buff stoneware:


and interestingly, here is the same glaze on a porcelain body...




Well, I hope I can the next round in the kiln for the BSF show coming up. Lots to do!

Thanks everyone,
Rob

Hi Rob

Some good glazes there. I love the way that a glaze performs differently on a porcelain body, sometimes for the better in my opinion. I always do may glaze tests on every body of glaze that I use. That way I find out if the matt crackle works on the porcelain body and the stoneware body, for the record it does not work on the porcelain. It means I have to throw loads of small cup forms but I get a good representation of how the glaze performs on essentially a small form that represents a bonsai container.

Good to see your new work and enjoying what you are producing, wonderful pots.

All the best

Andy