Pottery

I have a lot of dry clay I have saved to reuse. Most of it is in smaller pieces, I'm working my way to making it into powder. I'm thinking of getting a rock tumbler to make small batches of powder since most of the pieces are pretty small anyway.

Currently, i put the powder and sometimes granules into a bucket and pour white vinegar and very hot water over it, sometimes mixing immediately sometimes waiting for it to cool. I always let it rehydrate for at least a few days before drying on a plaster board.

Currently I mix the clay by folding and flattening, as this is easier than wedging for me. I'll wedge smaller pieces, but for these larger ones I'll pop the air bubbles and smooth it out. So far it's been ok but I'll sometimes have a bubble I missed until I am nearly done shaping on the wheel.

Does anyone have suggestions for how to decrease the air bubbles trapped from rehydrating? Would a vibrating paint mixer work?

My latest project has been to get my pots to fit off-the-shelf jar lids. It's a fun exercise in precision, and I'm really happy with the results on this one!

I made a lot of pots for my plants, and this is one of the few that I kept hole-free. I love the color combination on it!

I love pinching these lil guys!

Also behind them is a mug made about a Cardinal family that laid eggs by our window. We became well aquainted and watched the parents share duty and raise their baby bird. It was amazing how they could communicate danger or seemingly just say hello to each other. The experience brought us a newfound appreciation for nature so we wanted to try to symbolize it.

i make these pinch potted pots a lot and people seem to love them

They need smoothing and trimming yet, but I'm pretty happy with them so far. Still not sure about the size, but I guess we'll see!

Stay creative and stay inspired my pottery friends! These have gold luster and mother of pearl luster on the mirror.

[Image description: a hand holding a short cylinder made of braided strands of clay scored and slipped in layers.]

I'm taking a break from work in the studio to study up and find some new inspiration. I just picked up Creative Pottery by Deb Schwartzkopf and I'm really enjoying the project ideas, illustrations, and clear instructions that I've found are lacking in other books. What books are you reading or have you enjoyed in the past to help with your ceramics work?

B-mix clay with underglazes and clear crackle raku

I thought itd be fun to try to make a little slice of nature. The base is supposed to be a cut out log!

it takes me a long time to make these, but they're so pretty when done:)

I did my first wood firing workshop in April. This is one of my favorite wood-fired pieces. I really love how interesting the surface is.

I even do them custom for people! They're very loved lol

Some of my creations to kick up this space. Couple of small bowls with koi carps and ninja frogs (I wanted to paint turtles but I was painting another mug with frogs at the same time, my dyslexia kicked in and ended up liking the idea 😅)

They are all made with slabs and hand painted (no transfer or anything)

Hope to see some more art posted! These types of mugs are my fav to make so i wanted to share. What about yall? (Edited to fix photo rotations via cropping!)