Amanda Bridges Art

amber needs table decorations for her wedding reception. we can't have candles or open flame, so i'm playing around with different ideas for lighting. i started with five of these, different treatments and different heights.  here's the only one that survived the first round. i got some cracking and shivering at the seam, but it remained intact.

i'm so proud of him!!!

Darby's Bar and Grill

my sweetie's book is now available in e-book format on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Darbys-Bar-Grill-ebook/dp/B005LE4J52/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315773555&sr=8-2

so i dyed my batiks. the first batch came out beautifully. i didn't want to toss out dye, so i reused the blue. the second batch came out lighter, but still very nice. here are some close ups:

The weather finally cooperated yesterday and I was able to to another reduction fire. I was much happier with the results. I was able to get a good cone 6 on all the shelves. We tried a couple of new glazes, Temmoku Gold and Raw Sienna. Both of the recipes are from Ceramic Arts Daily, Making the Switch from Cone 6 to Cone 10 . I've listed the recipes below. One of my cups with Raw Sienna. One of my oil lamps with Temmoku Gold. An oil lamps with Raw Sienna. The Raw Sienna came out dead on, but not the Temmoku Gold. We didn't fire any white clay bodies, so I'm going to test it on porcelain next. RECIPES Raw Sienna Wollastonite - 28% Frit 3195 - 23% Nepheline Syenite - 4% EPK Kaolin - 28% Silica - 17% Temmoku Gold Cornish Stone - 67.41% Dolomite - 7.86% Gerstley Borate - 3.37% Lithium Carbonate - 6.17% Whiting - 8.98% Silica - 6.17% Add: Red Iron Oxide - 11.24% And of course, there's the favs from Kentucky Mudworks . ...

Results of the reduction fire are in! I had a little under half that I got good results from. Most of the glazes I used are Mudworks Glazes from Kentucky Mudworks . Melted Butter (bottom) and Satin Black (liner & rimmed) on Red Rock. Satin White on Red Rock. Kentucky Bluegrass (bottom) and Stardust (liner & rimmed) on Red Rock. Melted Butter (bottom) and Retro Brown (liner & rimmed) on Red Rock. Kentucky Bluegrass (bottom) and Satin Black (liner & rimmed) on 200 Stoneware. Melted Butter (bottom) and Satin Black (liner & rimmed) on 200 Stoneware. It got more reduction than the pitcher (below). This is one of my faves. Melted Butter (bottom) and Satin Black (liner & rimmed) on 200 Stoneware. Satin White and Apricot on 200 Stoneware. Kinda boring compared to the rest but not too bad. Melted Butter (liner and rimmed) and Satin White (outside of bowl) on 200 Stoneware. Also one of my faves. I may post "the bad" and "the ug...