So the blues and greens, those are from glazes you sprayed? and the lovely brown tones and gray tones are from the soda firing? I just love these plates, they are gorgeous!
Mostly functional soda fired pottery. Mostly wheel thrown. Lots of altering of the forms and focus on surface decoration. My work is based in tradition with a strong modern twist on it.
Emily, I was reading your blog and wanted to wish you the best in your move. I love to hear when folks are willing to make dramatic changes in their lives. Good luck and will look forward to some new beautiful work. Mark Knott
Hi Emily-Just wanted to let you know I used your soda ash/whiting method, introduced on a plank of wood into my gas/wood/soda kiln for first firing. I used about 7lbs, since it was first firing. My stacking space is 3 12 x 24 shelves deep with 52 inches to highest point of arch. The results were beautiful, and the cleanup was not bad at all - definitely less corrosive to floor bricks! Thanks for sharing your info and keep making those great pots!
Cheers, jason
hey thanks for the comment, Emily Murphy! I think your vase forms are awesome.. you know, the ones with the little things coming out of the top. (pic 5) very very cool... definitely the most playful of the bunch. not to mention the rest are pretty dang nice too. pic 15.... damn that'd look good on my table, good on anybody's table.
Saw that you are traveling to Germany. Here's the website of a potter who came and presented to my students: http://www.armbruster-porzellan.de/home+M52087573ab0.html
Moni is very sweet and her work is great. Don't know if you will be in her part of the country (south) but thought you might like the info. Have a great time!
Thanks Emily, this is helpful. With the dimensional data you've provided I can compare the volume of your chamber with that of my own kiln and see how the amounts of soda we've been using match up. I can then make an adjustment to my quantity.
That's a good question. I'm really not sure. I looked in the admin options and I didn't see a way to change it. I will keep looking and working on it. Honestly, I am not extremely computer savvy. I think I can change it by using CSS, but I have to read up on how to do it. Are you familiar with CSS?
Pamela
uh, wandered a bit. looked at the gallery. it was very busy there. cafe was packed, classes were going on. i did see the kiln across from your studio, but it was closed. is that the soda kiln?