just the bottle washer

sprung cleaning...

anna just sent me this, I'd just found out 

they'd already cleaned these, oh well..... a fresh coat of paint on wednesday and good as new! 

Glaze firing today finished well early so i'm going to be restrained and not open til saturday...

these are the best crystals from our test firing we did get some stunning colour movement from the running of the glaze but Rae thinks it was over fired.. we learnt a lot about where to glaze and the techniques of this type of glazing..

new SALA page

the new look  SALA site is up, ......our clubs new exhibition details page

Setup crew tonight was great, we moved tables, cleaned floors and setup plinths all ready for tomorrows final arrangements....thanks guys..and great cake sandy....

white bouncey stuff

It was another cold one but we were prepared the michelin two extremely well layered with multiple socks and Ugg Boots!! And the weather didn't let us down at the stirling market yesterday, rain with more white bouncey stuff not the white floating stuff though!!

Lots of visitors a few customers and sold lots of my mums hand spun hand knitted woolen hats modelled here rather well by my nieces.

Unloaded the bisque firing today and started the glazing and nice one, all survived that firing..

Finish those tomorrow and on with the glaze firing and cleanup for exhibition starts tomorrow night.. Its all going to be mix and match on the teasets with 3 greens, a pinky purple, a salmon and an iron silicate glaze to mix with the decoration prob use the slip trailer for some extra detailing.

1 week to go

my favourite stamp....

Well the kilns loaded to the brim baby with teapots and cups and mug sets..ready to bisque friday I'm now planning for, I had things steaming  today cause they're still a bit damp, another day and they should be fine...

The wed. group were doing a little crystal experimental firing today so i'll post some results soon.

heres some work from the one tree hill pottery in victoria

And also 1 week to go, we got stuck into some well needed cleaning of the studio space to get it exhibition ready, we need to do a reshuffle of tables etc as we have well filled our 'new' home with 'stuff'.. pre set up starts tuesday night & work selection will be an organic process as the pieces come in. All help gratefully received tuesday evening from 6.30 onwards..

more handles

here's a few mug shots from today, they're all done now....phew just the drying out and firing should happen saturday..