Commission Complete

I finally finished the large commission that I began my year with.  I was especially happy with the way that the ramen bowls, pictured above, turned out.  I learned a lot from this special order and it certainly pushed my abilities to churn out duplicates.  In the end, I am a better potter and I figured out a few things about running a business.  So now that it is all packed up and traveling through the US Postal Service, I have turned to my next task...

It appears as if my stock of pottery has started to dwindle, so I am back to making all of those things that people like to buy.  Mugs, soap dispensers, butter dishes, sugar bowls, and chip/dip platters are on the list.  I am hoping to have a booth at the Los Alamos Arts and Craft Fair the first Saturday in May, so I have just enough time to get in a firing or two.  I have also started making a few items that I plan to raku.  I am hoping to have a few of those raku pieces for the Dixon Studio Art Tour in November.

In the meantime, I have a handful of these beautiful bowls pictured above.  I am tempted to move them into my own kitchen, but for now they are for sale in my studio here in Dixon.  They can easily be shipped to you if you can't make it here.

My Latest Glaze Firing

     I finished throwing the large commission that I have been working on since the beginning of the year.  All of the pieces are bisqued and awaiting the glazes of choice.  In my latest glaze firing, I played around with some glazes that I had recommended to my client on the extra pieces that I threw for his order.  I was pretty happy with the pieces that I have photographed here and they are all available for sale in my studio.

     For the ramen bowl to the right, I experimented with a variety of glazes that I have used before.  Each time that I combine them, they look a little different.  The firing process is such an interesting one.  You never quite know what you will come up with.