Fusion Cross Finished

Here's the cross after firing the glass...

I'm not crazy about it. As for the opaque colors, the yellow and sky blue don't work. The purple is not too bad. The translucent colors blend in too much but they kind of work. The blue grotto glaze went more to a metallic brown. Not sure I like it.

Fusion Cross Part 3

Added some crushed glass or frit to the sections.

It's in the kiln and ready to be fired again for glass temperatures. I used some pretty mismatched colors of glass with some opaque and some translucent. We'll see how it turns out.

Fusion Cross Part 2

Here's the current state of the fusion cross with the blue grotto glaze after firing.

Now I can add glass to the sections.

2nd Cascade Vase - Finished

New name: Waterfall Vase

Finished vase after firing. I think the cascade areas look like a waterfall so I've renamed it. It's been an interesting and fun experiment using the clear cascade glaze under the colors of these vases.

2nd Cascade Vase -- Step 2

I've used the turntable to paint the stripes in a cooler range of colors than the first vase. You can see the demarcations of the underlying cascade glaze.

I'm hoping it runs fairly evenly. We'll see.

Also note the new photo backdrop. What do you think?

Pottery Bird

Here's a nice fat stone bird to decorate your garden or shelf.

Done in an olive green stone finish with subtle green highlights on the wings, tail and beak.