wood fired pots!

It doesn't get any better than this! We had plans for one last firing of our little gas kiln before the Celebration of Seagrove Potters show AND then had the opportunity to put some pots in Fred Johnston's wood kiln. Jeff went to Fred's to fire the wood kiln and I stayed home and tended the gas kiln. Two kilns in one day... a potters dream!

Here are some quick photos of pots from the wood kiln...

 Yay! Really happy with these.

A sampling of pots... Jeff's maple leaf pots look great.

I unloaded most of the gas kiln tonight and that firing was good as well. A few orders to be shipped on Monday and some nice looking pots for the Celebration show. We are ready for the weekend, so bring it on!

working...

We are going to be participating in a wood/salt firing in Carthage this summer, so I have been making pots for that in between the usual repertoire...

 The two bottles in the middle were made with STARworks new Seagrove clay. It's formulated specifically for firing in wood and salt. It was so different to throw with after using the Highwater Aurora clay. It's groggy and sandy, and throws quite well.

I finished a bunch of these bowl yesterday... finally. It seems like it was forever ago that I threw them. The humidity meant they took forever to dry enough to trim. These will be shino on the inside and gloss green on the exterior.

Lately it seems the weeks are flying by. It scares me a little because we have a 10  9 day show to do in NH the first week of August.

10  9 days = lots of pots to be made!

plodding along...

...as i was walking back to the studio from the mailbox this morning, i noticed that jeff found a new spot to dry some clay in the recycling process... on the bench amidst our "garden pots".

we are getting ready for a salt firing in the ground hog kiln at the NC Potter Center this weekend and aside from losing our  kitty, IV, i have been sick with a cold that has knocked me on my ass. jeff has been working until the wee hours of the morning getting pots and orders finished and i have been limping along. thankfully there isn't much glazing involved in a salt firing and i did get a lot done today.

i am experimenting with some Albany slip on these bottle forms. the interiors are temnoku. 

our friend Rob, who teaches ceramics and critical thinking at Chowan University here in NC, is coming for the weekend. he is bringing pots and helping us with the firing. we always have fun when Rob is in town and we are looking forward to seeing him!

Wood Fired Bottles

these bottles were placed in the firebox of the NHPG wood kiln and then re-fired to cone 10 in the gas kiln...

porcelain bottle view 1

porcelain bottle view 2


stoneware bottle view 1

stoneware bottle view 2