#mayco

[jbbartram-illu]

Here's a little look at some of the bird-type creatures I got back from the kiln yesterday. I'm super happy with some of these glaze combos / generally into how most of these fired up! That top one is a particular triumph - it looks like it belongs in a magical swamp <3

[nolanfa-clayworks]

So I'm making small glaze samples, snail-shaped (the previous samples were square and flat and it did not tell me how it would behave on not-flat surfaces, and a good part of my work is very much not-flat - the glaze did not run here I'm just bad at painting precisely)

And since I didn't carve the glaze name on the sample I took pictures with the name of the glaze in it (for the close-ups I also have a readable version)

Here are: - one gray Botz glaze that I like very very much (no clue what I'll use it for but damn is it pretty), - a green glaze from Peter Lavem (I'll try to make it thicker and see how it looks but the "ancient" look is by design), - several Mayco elements glazes (I love the dark blue one), including one where I'm pretty sure the shop sent me the wrong one (I'll do one more sample with it to be sure I'm not the one who made a mistake) - and the Mayco matte glaze over two mixed Botz glazes (next I'll try without the mayco matte because I really like the blue-ish spots) and over Botz underglaze (ughhh - the underglaze is fine but I really don't like the milkiness of the matte glaze). (I can give you the specific references if someone's interested but I assumed you wouldn't be)

[revivify-inn]

Best way to test glazes

Mayco normally recommends 2 layers of each layered glaze (which is bonkers bc I was always taught max 3 layers)

This way on the inside where it's 2:2 it'll catch it when it drips and on the back you can see what it's like if it's 2:1 (tbh I'm liking the 2:1 combos better)

I'll post the glaze names later!

[kelly-clickspring]

I entered this little planter into a juried show, fingers crossed it's accepted, but my escapism art may be a bit too whimsical for the serious gallery art world 😅 wouldn't hurt my feelings if it didn't, it just helped me get out of my head for awhile.

I'm not sure if this still counts as inlay because of the way I finished it, but it was drawn by carving channels for the glazes to keep the likework tight. I have just been using stroke and coat lately because it's dependable and fun to use.

Want to play more with illustrations on pots, but I have had the worst art block. May try to do some cheap digital commissions or requests to get my gears unstuck.

[ainothefish]

Flower-shaped bowl, glazed.

[claypigeonpottery]

the cool thing about underglazes is that they can be rehydrated after they've gotten old and dried out

just crush them up and add water

because I was willing to do this, the owner of Saskatoon Clayworks gave me all the dried up underglazes (and some glazes) that he'd been given over the years. there were a lot more than this, but these are the ones I salvaged.

I still haven't rehydrated the glazes. maybe next summer. some of them are super fancy and I'm curious to see what I'll get.

I made test tiles for these and most of the underglazes worked just fine. I found some neat colours, too, here’s a sample

[saltwaterhermit]

Some little glaze paintings to test a thing.

[hausofcashstudio]

New Tools for the Studio ✨

Picked up some simple but impactful additions for my ceramics practice today. A glazing brush recommended to me by a studio mate and polymer rib that I’ve used in the studio enough times to know I needed one of my own. The brush should help me get smoother, more even glaze applications and the rib is going to come in to really smooth out the clay whether I'm hand-building or throwing. Very excited to continue the journey with this medium though challenging, it has been so rewarding.