^ This collection is called "The Seven". It
was made by Paul's father, John Armstrong.
Each piece is approx. 10 inches
across and can be hung from any of the six points,
giving an incredible number
of combinations.
^ Here's my kiln. It's an Olympic
Torchbearer 2327G, propane fired cone 10 kiln. It
has a capacity of 7 cubic feet - I can fit quite a bit of stuff in there.
I bought it early this
year and have only fired it a couple of times so far. It is very powerful
and I haven't
had the burners nearly open yet. All of my current work is bisqued to ^04
and fired
to ^6.
Paul built the awesome kiln house. The
middle section of the roof comes off during
firings:
(9/06) Yay, I finally have a potter's wheel! I got a killer deal on a Creative
Industries MP, from a lady
at work who bought it new a couple years ago but never used it. Her back crapped
out on
her right after she bought it, so it's been sitting in her shed this whole time.
It sure felt good to put some clay on the wheel again. Here's my progress from a
few hours
last weekend. First I've thrown in well over a year! :-) And some
handbuilt vases too:
(10/29/06) Did a ^5 firing today and caught some really neat things on the camera.
The first two pictures
are around 1600F - the glaze has separated and shows wide cracks. The
third shows the
same pieces at around 2000F, close to the soak, and the glaze has come back
together.
(11/24/06) I made this Kitchen Lady spoon rest
last night. At this stage, it is greenware, painted
with Duncan underglazes. Let's hope the colors remain nice after firing.
The Thinking Man, before and after:
Mugs, before being loaded into the kiln for a
bisque firing to ^04. These
are decorated with slips colored
with Mason
stains.
Test tiles, colored with ^5 B-mix slip with 5% Mason Stains.
cobalt free black, dark golden brown, hazelnut
brown
fawn, prasedonium yellow, bermuda green
sea green, cobalt aluminate, lavender
Christmas firing - 12/24/2006
Kiln gods:
