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lemon squeezers |
I did some glazing and firing this week, mostly because I wanted to get my lemon squeezers done so we could use them. They work great and it doesn't seem to make a big difference what the fluting on the bulb is shaped like..
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lemon squeezers in blue and yellow |
I glazed them with mostly
cone 5-6 Celadons from Amaco. I like these glazes for their bright colors and because the colors look different when they are thicker, such as when they are pooled in the low areas of a texture or of the fluting in the lemon squeezer.
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this little lime squeezer stands up on its end, but I didn't realize it until after I took the pictures. |
I made these squeezers with some porcelain clay I had laying around, and on just one I ended up wiping the colored celadon away from the raised part of the squeezer top and finishing that raised surface with clear celadon (which looks white on porcelain clay). I wish I had done this with all of them. I used a similar layering technique with some of the bottoms of the lemon squeezers.
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both of these pieces have layered glaze to highlight the textures |
I am also happy that all six, even the ones with a lean to them, stand up on their ends on the counter. They're small enough to fit in a drawer, but they look nice enough to stand on the counter. I've run one through the dishwasher, but they're also super easy to just rinse off after lemon squeezing.
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the two ends are done differently, but highlighted in layered glaze |
Besides the lemon squeezers, I glazed some plates and mugs. The plates are all pretty small, but I'm fairly happy with the results. I layered the ochre glaze on one plate to create varied textures, and I think it instead looks a little messy, but the others are good. The blues, in particularly, look good in person.
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small plates with mostly celadon glazes |
Along with the lemon squeezers, I finally fired some mugs I had glazed last year some time. They sat, ready to fire, through
the entire studio remodel, which started in about September of last year.
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mugs from last year with celadon glazes |
My favorite of the mugs I fired are these two-colored mugs. They're more time consuming by far than the plates, but I like the pattern.
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my favorite of the mugs, the red is a particularly lush color |
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