More WIPs and Finished Pieces

Glazed the little teapot with clear glaze base and a jungle gem on top.  Notice I stayed away from the bottom since JGs are low-fire glazes and the pot is mid-fire stoneware.

Here's a piece done mostly with matte glazes (The black is gloss).  The matte glazes are still food safe but give a totally different look.

Here's the poppy dish all finished and fired.  I love the smeary pencil.

And the swirly crumbles plate after firing.

Hope you like!

Underglaze Poppies

Used the underglaze black pencil and some red paint.

Easy squeezy.

Swirls and Crumbs

I used some crumbled black paint in a swirl pattern.  It's not quite as controlled as I wanted it to be.  Then I followed the swirl with a ribbon of black paint.

Finished Koi

Third step was adding a dark blue layer and then wiping it all down with a damp sponge to expose all the layers.  Then I painted the eyes.

Not exactly what I was going for, but it has an antique stoneware look that I like.

A Little Teapot

This is my first try at a handbuilt teapot.  I used the half-sphere mold in the picture for the main part of the body (is that cheating?).  It's still a little rough at this stage but I'll try to smooth it down more later.

Nate's WIPs

I've decided to start blogging my work - good or bad.  This will be a diary of some of my ceramic and glass creations.  Hopefully they will turn out great, but I'll even post the stinkers as well.  Please let me know what you think, but try to be nice. Thanks.

 I've wanted to paint this piece for a while, but couldn't decide on a design.  Well I've finally jumped in.  I drew a quick layout of some scroll work in pencil to get started.

 

Here is a little further in with some of the painting started.  The color is a dull brown.

 A koi fish I've started as well.  Two coats of a bright blue...

...and two coats of a lighter dull blue.

Stay tuned...

Nate

Did I fall asleep again? Here are some treats  - an no tricks!

I love a good owl...

 Sometimes, its whats on the inside that counts...

Stunning! 

 Simplicity and fabulosity! 

 I don't know why, but this caught my eye...

 This mug has a lot of heart....you know I crack myself up, right? 

Love the detail!

Until next time, 

Jim