Luncheon plates

I made a set of two square lunch sized plates using the wax resist method over matt green glaze. 

The green leaves came out a different color than the dogwood plate I made with Pam's glazes.  I had suspected that her Val's Green is different than mine and I'm not sure why.  I used my Val's Green to glaze a plate last week and didn't like the result.  I thought it was just the way I applied it, but now that I've seen these two plates, I have my doubts.  I have another leaf in the kiln right now that has Val's Green on it, so in the morning I will know for sure. 

I also used my white on the petals which is different from Pam's.  It came out slightly different and looks like I will need to give a heavier coat or possibly two coats of the glaze to give the look I like best. 

This is the plate I made with Pam's glazes.  See the differences?  On this plate, the leaf background recedes; in the lunch plates, the flowers recede.  I prefer the one below.



Dogwood Bowl

This is a bowl using underglazes on white clay.  I'm not used to doiong this type of work, but it was fun to do.  Love the bright yellow background.

It's a perfect size for cereal or, even better, ice cream!

Some new pieces

Was able to put some underglazing on the whale bank yesterday.  It is going in the kiln this weekend so I should be able to finish glazing it next week.  Keeping my fingers crossed that I like the final product.

I was also able to pick up a few pieces I made.  The first is a tile dogwood blossom tile.  Some photos:

I am pretty happy with this tile.  I had problems with the background glaze.  It flaked as I applied it.   Pam thought it would still come out ok. I'm not crazy about the color though.  I am thrilled that the stamens (is that what you call the center of the flower?  I can't remember) stayed attached.  I was afraid they would break off somewhere in the process.

I also made a couple birds that I want to make into ornaments. The lighting isn't very good, so I'm going to try to take more pictures later.  I love these little birds.  The blue color of the first one is so, so rich and deep.  Love it.  It feels so, so good to make something.  Pottery is so cool because you just don't know what it's going to look like when it comes out of the kiln.  Maybe I'll give them away as Xmas gifts.