The Studio is humming

The studio has been really busy....back to back glaze firings and  Ev loaded the kiln for a bisque firing today.Lots of birdhouses and feeders,we are getting everything ready for our Mother's day sale on May 12th at Log Cabin Studio.The bowls are from a teacher Don who came out last week to learn about glazing.I think he will be really happy with the results.I love the way the big bowl turned out.
I hope you are having a wonderful sunny spring.
Thanks for stopping by.
Caroline

Bisque firing

This is what came out of the kiln yesterday,I can no longer call Ev a lazy frog,since she has come home from her winter holiday she has been really busy organizing the studio.The studio has all new shelving ,new lights and the kiln has been moved .Thanks also to Richard for all his hard work.Ev has also been busy creating birdhouses,feeders and trays.Her and Karen loaded the kiln on sunday with all of our creations.I on the other hand was off camping and quadding for the weekend,so I guess it is my turn to be called the lazy frog.Today we will start glazing.We have a few new glazes to try so I will keep you posted.
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New Glaze firing

Just a sneak peek at what came out of the kiln on Saturday.
I am still working on getting better photos so that I can show how pretty some of the glazes are turning out.
Thanks for stopping by.
Caroline

Glaze firing today

This is what came out of the kiln today.I will try to get some better pictures in the next couple of days.Lots of soap dishes ,yarn bowls,some trays and I really like the set with the cream and sugar bowl and tray.
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Caroline

Greenware and a bisque firing

These are the new birdhouses drying on the shelf.Karen has been throwing the bottoms and then I take them and create a lid and decorate them.It is great working as a team.Now we are waiting for our other team member to get home and back to work.We are also looking forward to her talented carpenter husband to return as well...we need more shelves....The last picture is what came out of the last bisque firing...Big trays,garlic keepers,lots of soap dishes and of course a birdhouse.Time to get glazing...
I hope you are having a great day.
Caroline

Fun trying new glazes

It has been so much fun trying out all these new glaze combinations.I tryed to take the photos in some natural light to show the colors off better.I might have to talk to the Arizona/Mexican partners when they get home about installing more windows in the studio...I will keep you posted on that??
Thanks for stopping by
Caroline

New Glaze Firing

This is what came out of the kiln yesterday.We glazed a bunch of pots for a teacher from Karen's school and fired them for him.It was great to see our new glazes on different types of clay bodies.The chip and dip bowls and platters are mine and I was trying out all different combinations of glazes.I love the big bowl at the top...I just need to learn more about my camera so I can take better pictures.
I hope you are having a great day.
Caroline

Karen's Pottery Class - Grade 6

Last week I went in to help Karen with this group of grade 6 students do some dip glazing. Karen brought out their pieces on Friday to load into our kiln because the school kiln is a low fire kiln and ours is a high fire kiln. So this is what came out of the kiln today.When I was unloading the kiln and looking at these great pieces these kids had created,I thought how lucky they are to have a great arts program like this and to have dedicated teachers that make it happen.Great job Karen and I really enjoyed coming to the school..maybe I will be invited for the lunch...I can bring my own bowl?

Karen wrote this about her class....

A group of grade 6 students from Gordon Terrace have been working with Ms. Deibert (Karen) at Parkland Middle School. The students have had this special Learning Through the Arts transition project sponsored through the Gordon Terrace Pac.The students made bowls to address concerns about disposable food- ware. Since all of the students and the teacher made a reusable pottery bowl the students will study the adverse effects of disposable paper and plastic ware. The students will finish their study of disposable ware on the environment - by having a chili (or soup) luncheon. The students will report about what would have happened to the environment, if they all used disposable ware for the lunch - rather than their own hand-made bowls.

What came out of the kiln today!!

Chip and dip platters,bean pot,trays and of course no firing would be complete with out a birdhouse.Time to get busy glazing again.