Hoots and Scratches

Our next class will be making this owl and vase on Saturday, March 2nd at 10 a.m. The owl is painted on a leaf plate. The vase is a contemporary shape with a pattern of lines scratched into the surface.  We'll do both pieces for $60. You can sign up online at www.bakedgoodspottery.com/classes/classes.html or call us at (314) 842-0110. You can also visit our shop anytime at 11557 Gravois Road, St. Louis, and sign up in person.

Price includes both pieces and all supplies and materials required.  Hope to see you there!

Here are some finished pieces from earlier posts.

This owl...

Painted a quickie owl tonight. This is a new shape we've been pouring in our shop and we needed a sample painted. It's been antiqued underneath, so it's hard to tell what the finished look will be until it's fired. Fingers crossed...

I've been working on a giant dinosaur egg for Easter.  Here it is about 2/3 done.

The back side has some mistakes, but that is what back sides are for. I will post again after it's finished and fired.

Finished Snail

Here's the finished snail. The body is a little dark. I should have done a second layer of orange on the spots to make them brighter. The shell is a little too bright. You can't really see the mother-of-pearl overglaze from the photo.

What do you think?

Leave the Dishes Workshop

Upcoming workshop on Saturday February 9 at 10:00 a.m.

We will make a square Four Seasons Plate and a leaf imprint plate So "leave" the dishes - get it!

Snail's Pace

My next project...

I painted the body with underglazes and then painted it with matte clear.  After firing, the surface was rife with crawling and shivering.  Into the bin.

Next I'm going to try stone finish glazes and colored matte glazes - no underglaze.  The shell is bright pink inside and pink stripes on the outside.  I will overglaze it with mother-of pearl when it come out of the first firing.

Well, that's the plan anyway...