SERVANT CERAMICS

“Freedom!” the pots exclaimed! 

Barmy 26degrees

Oh!… The goodies that await before this closed door!

Here we go!

As with any glaze firing, cracking open the kiln door reveals whether the hours of work previously result in glorious squeals of joy or a heavy Potter’s heart.

Fortunately – the door opened to reveal more of the former rather than the later! HUZZAH!!

n awesome glaze firing early in the week – super successful.

My coloured tests fired great and there are a few pieces I’m quite taken with. A few of the stamped beakers that were on the top shelve don’t seem as clear as those closer to the bottom (thicker glaze application could be the issue) and I did have a couple beakers that cracked on me so it wasn’t a perfect firing but pretty close 🙂

One of my favourite new dishes (plus ceramic pears)

Reflections of the Cut-Away Dish

Stacking kitchen bowls

(I realise that I haven’t attached the handle correctly but I wanted to show the purpose of the loop in case you were wondering why my teapots haven’t got handles)

Testing colours

Servant Ceramics stamp

As keen as I was to get these items out of the kiln, I’m now even more excited to get another load in and really perfect that firing schedule. I know I’ve got to pay more attention to the small details (especially when it comes to applying the oxides on the stamps) and not wacking vessels on kiln shelves as I stack – I may have cracked two beakers doing that * facepalm *

Well that was my Weds – hope yours was as excitable as mine 🙂