And more from the kiln of 1st December 2010

These are a serie of bowls I made. They are simple forms, thrown on the wheel, and only the outside is finished and the foot of the bowl aswell.

You can notice that I got two different colours in the glaze, although it 's the same glaze I used. It's mainly the type of clay that I used that determines the colour of the glaze.

I used a simple ash-glaze recipe :

40% of ashes from my woodstove. I burn mainly pallets I get from work or other reject wood.

40% of kali feldspath, that I buy from my pottery shop.

20% of kaolin, that I also buy from my pottery shop.

Now, important is that I sieve my ashes through a very fine laboratory sieve (I got from a very good friend). This means that a lot of undesired particles are gone! This way I get a very fine and soft glaze with a smooth surface, ideal for dishes from which we eat!

Notice that all I make is always fired at 1260°C so that all pots are watertight and also dishwasher proof! 

This is a nice little teapot. I particularly am glad that the snout of the teapot is nicely done and fits perfectly on this teapot.

You can clearly see my stamp on the side of the pot.

I used a S5 glaze that I bought in my ceramics supply shop in Blankenberge (Johan De Waey). He makes a lovely deep blue glaze that up to now I have not managed to make myself.

I applied three layers of glaze (air-pistol) but I could have applied more, I noticed after it was fired. The inside is nicer, as I simply poured the glaze inside and then emptied it throught the snout.

A nice teapot that I will use for many years to come!!!