Little Goddess fertility

my first piece of sculpture since returning home..not fired yet but hopefully she will enjoy a niche in someones garden

Hi Folks back to business

I have been very busy in the last 6 months with a visit back home to the UK to visit family and also I took a few papers in photography and photoshop this year so consequently ceramics was on the back burner,I am now back home full of enthusiasm for Ceramics again and have decided to lower my firing temp from Cone 10 down to Cone 6..the reason for that is I just feel like a change and I like the challange to convert some C10 glazes to C6..so its out with the old and in with the new.whoohoo

My first port of call will be some high Calcium matt glazes that have been a favourite..one was Janet de Boos 101 red yellow and 105 Blue green so it will be interesting to see how they convert
I will be also experimenting with some of Hesselbeth and Roy Cone six glazes and Baileys C 6 too

New Tile tests from latest C10 firing

Spent what seems like months testing ancientunlabelled jars and pottles of oxides and stains...and had fun painting..Will post over the next few days some of my results

Test Boats and Artyfacts Ceramic Art

Just unloaded my 1 cu ft test kiln..and thought I would share the way I process tests..
This is how I test my glazes..I extrude a 'U' shape about 4 inches long and stand them on sheets of thin clay coated in wet kiln shelf mix:80:20% mix of Alumina and Kaolin.This allows me to place the whole test in one place in the kiln.
Also I am setting up my Whitehorse Facebook page and if any one would like to friend me on there I would greatly appreciate the company to exchange ideas and methods..
Whitehouse Ceramic Art
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=562586251
I will be updating my tests later on there.
Cheers C

Titanium Blue Glazes on Iron Red Cone 10 Ox

2010 Getting back to work after 6 months recuperation

Cobalt Titanium Green Vases

A few examples from some of this years tests.