Pottery progress

Pottery Shottery

                                           My Spring class ends here with these beautiful pieces.

                                 
                                                                  Tiles for a wallpiece. 

I put small piece of green glass on tiles for final firing.

                                                       A perfect cup of cappuccino.

                                                       

It's a Pottery Day!!

Here is one of my favourite piece.

First I made a cylinder on a wheel. Then applied some silicate on mid portion using a paint brush. When it dried, I gave a round belly shape to the pot.

Here is the picture when I dipped the pot in glazes and after final firing. 

The pot was dipped in black glaze and top was dipped in new beige. I also ran some new beige inside the pot. It turned out really well. 

Here is my Nacho and dip plate. Well, I always think about Idli-Sambhar.. I have attached the small bowl to the plate. Naren really liked this idea. Plate was dipped in warm green and Saturated iron over it.

The Blue cup. I am not really happy with this one as base color turned out really different but its really cool for cup of Cappuccino. 

I made four mugs today. Next week all I am gonna do is trimming the mugs and attaching handles. 

Its pottery day!!

Its Wednesday!! A pottery day!!

Today I received all the pieces I had been working on for the past 3 weeks. All coloured and ready to use!


   I made this little tea pot in my last class. This is the first time I made a lid for the pot. First I made a cylindrical pot and then a lid on the wheel, then attached handle and spout when pot and lid was leather-hard.

      I dipped it in clear glaze and when it was dry, handle dipped in warm blue.

       My mother has a similar but stainless steel oil pot, so I have decided to use this tea pot as oil pot. 

     
           Following bowls are dipped in warm green and top double dipped in rosie red glaze.

           The warm green glaze was really thick when I dipped these bowls so the base color turn out       greenish blue, I loved it!!

        Last week my right hand was all swollen and blue so I did some hand building. This dish was dipped in new beige and double dipped in warm green.

                  We bought a new dining table last month so I thought I would make some coasters. These are dipped in rosie red glaze.

                                                             Aren't they beautiful?

This free fall bowl dipped in rosie red and then I added some mauve glaze on top.

   Today I made a nacho plate with attached bowl. It's on the shelf for bisque firing. Another two weeks and it will be on blog... :)

Pottery

    Posting some pictures of pots I made in last few weeks.



                                                                    Pots and Potpourri

Blue warmth

I have so many pots now, every item can be placed in a separate pot :P

The bowl.

Tea cups.

When I was done for the day, I still had some clay left so I made this quick soapdish.

These are some pots I made two months ago.

    I bought these beautiful pieces from African-Indian guy who was selling some tribal stuff. The fish is carved in the stone. 

Pottery Studio

Pottery is fun!! I enjoy seeing this transformation of a block of clay into something beautiful and useful. When you have the time and opportunity I strongly suggest trying your hand at it. :)
Here are some photos of the pottery studio where I go to learn pottery.

Here is a simple sketch illustrating the fascinating transformation of clay.

 Wheel.

 Some plates and pots and cardboard shapes which are used in handbuilding pottery.

                  Tools.

Combinations of glazes for reference.

Chemicals used for making glazes.

Glazes stored in big containers.

Furnaces. Pots are bisque fired at 1750 ^oF and glaze fired at 2150 ^oF.

 Ready for bisque firing.

Pots wrapped in plastic need to be trimmed when they are leather hard. White pots are bisque fired and need to be glazed.

Clean wheels for next class.