When one clay ends another begins

Like I said in the last post I had last week off and was able to spend a lot more time in the studio.  This being said here are the results of that week in the studio.  I successfully came out of the week with 100 pots of various types, vases, bowls, mugs, stands, and enclosed forms.  I also threw 39 test pieces for testing really runny glazes; these have a bowl attached to them to catch the running glaze.  They look a lot like the candle stands when they are thrown.  This was done with 300 pounds of a porcelain clay call Domestic from a company up near Tulsa, OK.  So the average size I threw with was just over two pounds, and I would say the average size was about 7-8 inches tall. 

 So now I’ve used all the porcelain clay that I bought, and now I’m going to move on to a clay called Rod’s Bod which is a stoneware clay.  I’ve thrown with Rod’s Bod since I was an undergrad at USAO, I really enjoy it.  It allows me to throw much larger objects and to push the clay farther than I could with porcelain.  Hopefully you will start to see some photos and videos of me coil building, assembling sectionals, and who knows what else.  I have about two hundred pounds of this clay so let’s see what I can make with it.  Thanks for coming by.

Face's (oh, wait. Mugs)

I’ve been throwing some mugs to help myself get back into the groove of throwing.  I find it best to start out small and work my way up to larger projects.  I also wanted to try out a new handle design I saw recently in a Ceramics Monthly, I think I will need a lot of practice to get them to look really nice.  Handles have never been my strongest point; I usually try and get Keturah to make them for me when she can.  These mugs were thrown with three quarters of a pound of porcelain clay from a place up by Tulsa.  It’s really wet clay; I think I will have to start drying it out before I throw with it in the future.