Every weekday I spend 2 hours from 4-6 PM on "studio stuff". Generally this means actually making pots, but also includes design and business/housekeeping activities (posting stuff on my Etsy store, taking photos, blogging, etc.)
Today I'm working on an epic project to test colored porcelain. A few weeks ago I had an inspiration to make some non-functional pieces using unglazed colored clay.
I've purchased 74 different 1-oz. Mason stain samples from Continental Clay, and 100 lbs. of Miller #15 Grolleg porcelain from Bennett Pottery. Over the next couple of months or so, I'll mix each mason stain with porcelain in varying amounts, then use the colored clay to throw *296* small test pieces, which I'll once-fire in my small electric kiln to cone 4.
The tricky bit here is that each of the 296 pieces will need to be mixed, weighed & wedged individually.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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