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 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 -- 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?

2nd Cascade Vase - Step 1

I'm making another vase with the runny or "cascade" glaze.

First I taped off areas I didn't want to run (white areas). Then I painted 4 coats of the cascade glaze in the exposed areas (gray). I've increased the area sizes of the cascade areas from the last time. I also increased it from 2 coats to 4. Now I'll need to paint the color glazes over the whole thing. I'm thinking of using cool colors this time.

Mug Painting Fun

This is at an outdoor mug party we hosted. Lots of fun was had painting beverage-ware. I'll have more pix after they're fired.

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.

Experimental Vase (part 1)

Here's a vase I've been working on. I painted a clear runny glaze in areas at the top. You can kind of see the shadows of it - the elongated triangles. Then I put it on a turntable and painted some stripes. Hopefully the stripes will drip in interesting ways when I fire it. Stay tuned...