20 February 2014
Updated 20th.February 2014
These bowls were all slip-glazed, biscuit fired, then decorated with wax-resist, jun glaze brushed over. A brushed-on version of the positive/negative formula that worked with the sgraffitto fern/bird motif.
1 November 2013
Some images from the most recent firing. A curate’s egg, good in parts, as the kiln decided to reduce heavily in one area. Tried using blue Jun glaze over dark slip glazes with patterns in wax resist. These worked.
30 September 2013
For the Louisburgh “Pirate Queen Festival” I made some 16th century replica ware of the type found in west of Ireland sites from that period. There’s a short article in the “Replica Ware” section of my main Ceramics menu, along with these photos.
30 June 2013
Sometimes the kiln gods are kind. The latest stoneware firing, the first for months, produced luscious colours throughout.
10 May 2013
