Potters Choice Glazes

There are a few new items in my Etsy store....

I bought some mid-range glazes and wanted to try

 them out with the stroke and coat glazes that

 I use on the flowers. I had to get some high fire clay that

would fire at the higher temperature

of over 2000 degrees.  I knew the stroke and coat glazes

would react differently at the higher temps.

I have resorted to taking photos and writing in a 

notebook of what glaze combos I use. 

I did download a guide from Amaco the glaze

company that makes them saying what would

 happen to the colors at higher temps.

 However some of their predictions were off.

As you can see- the dark coloring on the

pansy flower in the middle didn't even show up

and it wasn't supposed to have a reaction.

Plus, I thought the 2 coats of purple around the rim would

come out much darker than they did.

I am pretty happy with this blue bowl.  The colors

didn't change much on the flower.

I did expect more of a change on the rim

with the blue though.

What I did learn with the mid-range glazes is to put more 

coats for a more dramatic effect.

I really do like these glazes and will use them again.

So if you would like one just go to

my Etsty store at the top of the page!

What I do when it's cold outside!

Here in Michigan it is cold!

We are dealing with ice or snow.

and winter....

Even though I drive out to the barn to see

my horse 3 days a week I still have more time inside 

and I have found two shows on Netflix that I liked so much

I've watched them all and wish there was more. 

What I like about this one is that it takes

place in England and features this

British Garden Guru- Monty Don.

I had never heard of him, but I guess

he is a big deal there.  I get a kick of these

teeny tiny British yards that they

want to make into these elaborate Garden spaces.

To think how much space we have

here in the US and so many

people just do nothing.

I thought I had a small yard

and want something bigger but

this show just  shows what

 you can do in a little space.

Then another new find is...

I heard about her book but

I never read it.

I have a lot of stuff...

I do not like the minimalism

look.  It seems cold and not cozy to me.

I like organized clutter. I like to have

things that mean something to me
around me to look at.

Anyway, I found this series interesting

and took some of her tips to heart

and it has spurred me on to do a major

closet clean out.  I'm really happy 

with my results so far and will

probably post it in a future post.

I fired a big batch

of bisque ware.  So I have lots
to glaze.
Some of these are high fire pottery.
So I will be trying out some
mid-range glazes for the first time.

With these you layer different
glazes on top of each other
and they combine and move around
at the higher temperature
so it is kind of like a science
experiment to see how it will
come out.

the effects can be amazing!

I worked on glazing this one this week.

The bowl should be mainly blue

with green undertones.  We'll

see what it does.

I also went and got my highlights touched up.

I have brown hair with carmel highlights.

My friend Lisa told me about 

color conditioners...Overtone

I have been using it for a while now.

I love them! Your hair never gets fried

and you can add some pep to your hair.

They are also not tested on animals.

Totally vegan and cruelty free.