MudStuffing Sketchbook

From August 17th to August 23rd, any order placed in my Etsy Shop over $20 will be able to choose one from a free small trinket dishes below. Any order over $60 will be able to choose from one of the larger trinket dishes or a bud vase. It will be first come first serve, so be sure to place your order early if you have your eye on something. Offer is only good on orders placed during that week.

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Just before we head off on vacation (big up mon!) I manage to sneak a soda firing in and unloaded it two days before we leave. What a sweet batch it was! I added an extra 45 minutes to my hard body reduction (held in redux at 1523 for 1hr 15 minutes) and got some wonderful carbon trapping in the shino. Most of the load was shinos all accept a few pots.

I was also happy to unload two mugs belonging to a friend from the mud team, Laura of http://lasdesigns.etsy.com. She shipped those sweet things all the way from seattle and I almost hate to ship them back. She used Suzuki EPK Porcelain for them and I think I like her porcelain better than mine. Luckily I have few hundred pounds of a new porcelain I’ll be trying out in the next few months. It’s more expensive than what I have been using, but hopefully a whiter more translucent clay body.

Here’s some quick shots… but be sure to check out my shop for them as I get them properly prepared and photographed.

Two mugs from Laura at
http://LASDesigns.etsy.com

A few new forms sporting a combination of shino glazes…
a square circle mug, a basket,
and introducing my new french butterdish form.

Two small faceted bowls embellished with stamps from Charity! They only have a flashing slip applied to the outside - it’s all soda baby!

A good load of soda fired pots. Pitcher in the
foreground has some nice metallic carbon trapping.