I started working on the next batch of cat dishes. I’ve implemented a number of process improvements, and I thought I’d gotten the total hands-on time per dish down to one hour, forty minutes… but then, I picked up the first half from the glaze kiln. The results were not quite as expected. Read More
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Just for Me: A Tool Bucket All of My Own
I have a lot of tall, clunky tools that I need to keep at hand while I’m working, and I’ve been using a tall plastic bucket for storage. A tall, tipsy bucket that is constantly falling over, spilling its contents on the floor. This week, I decided I was going to do something about that. Read More
New Build: Berry Basket & Underplate (Upping the Ante, Part Three)
Not all the news was bad from Friday’s kiln opening. My latest berry basket project made it out of the bisque kiln intact, and so today’s effort was to glaze both the berry basket and the underplate, and get them into the kiln. Read More
New Build: Berry Basket (Upping the Ante, Part Two)
As I discussed in last week’s post, I wanted to make an underplate for my latest WIP. This is always a little trickier when two parts of a set are made individually — and several days apart, at that. Read More
Proof of Concept: Bread & Cracker Tray
I’m ready to reveal the final piece from last week’s kiln opening — and as you might expect, I’ve saved the best for last! My leaf-shaped charcuterie boards make it easy to create beautiful arrangements of key ingredients, but I also wanted to make something to hold toasted baguette slices and crackers, because let’s face it, what’s charcuterie without something to put it on? Read More
Kiln Opening: Many Berry Returns (Part Two)
Here is the second berry basket from last week’s kiln opening. It’s a gorgeous peacock green on the basket body, with a light green leaf border with a burnt gold ribbon. Read More
Kiln Opening: Many Berry Returns (Part One)
Tremendous kiln opening this week as both of my latest berry baskets made it out of the kiln! I’m really pleased with the way they came out. Read More
New Build: Berry Basket (Upping the Ante)
Keeping it interesting by using a different set of textures on my latest berry basket. Read More