9.3.14

p for patience

Potters need patience! Lots of it!! Especially during the cold and wet time of year when it can take literally AGES for newly thrown pots to dry out. And dry out they must - completely. Otherwise they explode in the kiln.

I'm not the most patient of souls - actually I was born without that particular virtue. So I practise the next best thing: distraction ... wrestling with cruel inventions like photoshop for instance ... and planning what to make next.

Thankfully I have managed to fire a kiln load or two and been experimenting with more decals of birdies which my lovely illustrator daughter produced a while ago.






I rather like them :)





29 comments:

  1. Love the birdie bowls and owls and birds always seem to be really popular, don't they? Hopefully the better weather means you'll be able to make more pots.

    Have a great week crafting :-)
    Alison

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    1. Owls ... you have just given me an idea ;). Thanks for writing, Alison. You have a creative week too :) x

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  2. I love the seagull, and am curious about how you put them on the pottery. Are they drawn on? or printed?

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    1. Me too! How do you do it? They look amazing

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    2. They were drawn on paper, then scanned and printed on special double layered paper that separates out in water. The top layer which is coated with special ink is applied to the pot and burnt into the glaze at around 800 degrees. :)

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  3. Your pots are lovely. I really like the fact that the bird designs are inside the pot. Have a creative week.
    Ali xx

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    1. Thanks Ali! Yes, I also like the images on the inside. Means I see them whilst using a bowl. Makes me smile x

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  4. They're beautiful - I love the shade of blue. Your daughter is very talented as well as you!

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    1. My Zanna is talented .. I agree with you there ;)))

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  5. I rather like them too, they are so pretty and I love the subtle colouring too.
    Jan x

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  6. Very beautiful:) A great combination of illustration and pottery. I too love the fact the birds are on the inside.

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    1. Thanks Vicky. Just voted for you again :)

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  7. They look really nice and I think you have photographed them well. I particularly like the ring of them around the vase.

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    1. How nice it would be to take a course in product photography ... dream on ... sigh

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  8. I love the birds - how wonderful to have an illustrator daughter, I love the way you have both come together combining your talents to make such beautiful bowls :)

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    1. She isn't my only talented daughter either! I'm one very lucky mum :))) x

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  9. Gorgeous! Really evocative of being by the sea. How talented you and your daughter are! Well worth being patient for. It would probably drive me mad too though!

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  10. I'm in love with your seagull bowls! They're soooo gorgeous and definitely worth waiting for :) x

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    1. One seagull bowl has just been sold. It's all wrapped up in its sturdy box waiting for the Royal Mail treatment tomorrow. It's silly, but I find it quite hard to let my stuff go ...
      Time for another sigh ;)

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  11. What nice little bowls, very handy to have a talented daughter! Patience isn't my best point either! haha

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  12. I can't think of anything else to say except that I love these bowls. The birds are gorgeous and the colours of glaze are beautiful.

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  13. Thanks Teresa and all you other lovely folks for your positive comments. Means a lot and spurs me on xxx

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  14. They are absolutely beautiful.

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  15. Beautiful bowls. I really like the rings of blue in the bowl in the last photo.

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  16. They happen during the firing. The glaze turns liquid, slides a little on the clay and settles - often (as here) emphasising the throwing rings :)). I like them too!

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