AusBonsai

I finaly did some work at the pottery club today. These started of as offcuts that I experimented with but I ended up making small pots out of.
The larger one I tried after went back into the clay block

Lets see how it goes after firing...

Is strong

these pots are really nice hope that they survive the firing
goodluck

Hi Brett,

Please post the finished one up too

Looks cool.

Cheers.

They are very nice. I love 'irregular' pots. How do you get the cracks in them?

cheers
mike

How do you get the cracks in them?

LOL now I am a potter I have to keep secrets.
Just kidding.
There are various techniques to do this but generaly they all involve making the outside of the clay dryer than the inside and then streching the caly in some way that cuases the outside of the clay to crack. There is no harm in strenghtening the inside after by adding more clay.
I did these by rolling out on and leaving on Fibro Board.
Thanks for the Kind comments I will update after firing
Any suggestions on a glaze?

I do quite like them.. Do you plan on a light glaze ??

I am unsure what Glaze to use at the moment. I hope to do some with a slip coating that cracks with it as well on future ones though.

I've been away for a few days and have come back to find Soltan has morphed into a 'potter'... AND he's giving lessons....albeit with NO explicit details (you'll make a potter yet).

I'm going to have to watch my back!!

psst....good start Brett

You have done really well... and excellent feet.... well balanced in looks and feel with the pot. Keep it up.

I was a bit slack with the explination on the process Pat. I will explain it better for you soon
Thanks for the encouragment.

Thanks Mela Don't look too close at the feet I just did a quick rush job while I was waiting for the clay the leather-up(hey Pat now I am making up my own clay words ) on the bigger pot that did not work. I do like the size though. When I went to do them I had a mind blank on how I had made them before. I need to make some new stencils I think so they will all be the same size.

soltan wrote:now I am making up my own clay words

That comes as no surprise Brett

soltan wrote: I will explain it better for you soon

Thanks Brett, that I want to hear as it is most certainly something new to me

Pat

Next Time your passing by drop in and I'll be very happy to show you

Ill be having another go on Tuesday so I might be able to clarify how to get the best out of this fibro technique after that

Hi Brett
I like the pots you made. The lines are simple, but the cracks provide good interest.

Just a thought for when you do the next ones, I wonder how you finished the top edge of the pot? A more rounded (convex) edge might work well and won't tend to collect dust etc.

Hmm, glazes. With a strong feature such as the cracks, you don't want the glaze to hide or detract from them. Perhaps you might consider using just oxides and no glaze, such a iron oxide, but you probably would want to experiment on some test tiles to get the feel on how to apply them to get various effects. A glaze that 'breaks', ie changes colour depending on how thick it is could also pick out highlights of the irregular surface. One that comes to mind is a 'tenmoku'. It is an iron-rich glaze that is very dark to black where thick, but 'breaks' to light browns where thin. You don't have to apply various thicknesses, instead, you apply it uniformly and let it move away from the high points during the firing. Again you might want to experiment first. I hope these comments aren't teach you to suck eggs! They're just ramblings as I mulled over your queries.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

Kunzea