StarDish

This is a nice example of a dish that has been bisque fired but has not been glaze fired. The red clay becomes lighter as all of the water has been removed during the drying and firing process. It is neat to see the clay in this state because many of the small bumps and roughness that are obvious on close inspection become smooth once the clay is covered in glaze and fired for the final time (click the pics to zoom in).

This also happens to be one of Paula's most creative designs. I really like the wavy walls of the bowl and from above you can see the neat star pattern. I am curious what glaze(s) she decides to go with.

Curved Lip Bowl

I think this is Aaron's last bowl of the season. We ended pottery a few weeks ago, but I still need to pickup our last pieces from the museum. The colors on this bowl aren't spectacular but Aaron was pleased with the curved lip of the bowl. He wanted to avoid the straight-walled bowls that he has been making plenty of.

Super Bowls

Paula has 2 bowls to present for your entertainment. The first is s smaller bowl that has really cool textures on the inside and outside. She used a stamp to press the bottom of the bowl and it made a neat "bump" texture. The utside of the bowl has cool ridges made by her fingernails. The glaze did some neat things around the ridges.


This dual colored bowl is very cool because the right side (tan/gray color) is actually the color of the red clay after the bisque firing and glaze firing. The left side was dipped in a blue glaze, but the right side was only dipped in a clear glaze.

Mug Shot

Aaron has made his first mug (handle courtesy of Paula productions). The outside is actually a darker blue than the inside and the edges (rim and handle egdes) turned a nice brown in the kiln.


Paula's best (but not biggest) bowl to-date. The glaze turned out really nicely, and the rim at the top is dark blue. The tough part about the bowls is making sure they're symmetrical at the rim and at the bottom too.

Pottery Expo

We have managed to keep up the pottery while spending a lot of time getting the garden running. Here are 2 new pieces from our collection. Paula made a new mug that matches her old mug shown here. She is the master handlemaker and anything I make that needs a handle gets gently nudged in her direction.


My latest creation is a decent sized bowl. I tried dipping the rim in a separate color than the bottom and inside of the bowl. The glaze drippped down from the rim and made a weird streaking phenomena. Kudos for making the inside of the bowl smooth, a first for me!

Paula's swirl bowl

Slightly off-center, but a definite improvement over Paula's last attempt. It's hard to see from the photo, but there's a swirl stamped into the center of the bowl which glazed over well. Paula appears to have diverged from the dark glazes in her earlier pieces to softer, lighter shades. She's been focusing on throwing new pieces so you'll have to wait a little longer to see some of her new creations...

Gone Bowl'ing

Now the pottery machine is churning out goodies left and right. That is literal because everything we make leans to the left or right and is not properly centered. We are still learning. This is Aaron's best bowl and largest creation to date.

The glaze came out very well except for a few imperfections where it flaked off in transit to the kiln. Not bad, getting better.