Arfs & Craft Benefit Event

The Art Stop Gallery  in Tacoma, WA is having their 13th annual benefit auction which supports the Prison Pet Partnership and the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound. Potters make dishes for pets which are auctioned over a period of three days. 

This is the plate I donated. It has a white glaze that is over-sprayed with blue glaze.  A stencil I made creates the cat design.  

Arfs & Craft opens Thursday evening, April 16th, during Art Walk and the silent auction continues until Saturday, April 18th.  Stop by and look over all the original work made just for our four legged friends.

The Art Stop

940 Broadway

Tacoma, WA

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Out of the last firing (see the former entry) there were numerous pieces that turned out well enough that I was pleased with them.  Unfortunately, there were a few pieces that were on the ugly side and one piece in particular that was bad, bad and bad!

Here are a couple pots that fall in the Good column.

Here are two for the Ugly column.

And here is a pot that is going make me get out the grinder.  I used a glaze (a fake ash glaze that isn't "fake" in that it contains actual ash as part of the ingredients) which runs off pots made with smoother clays.  This was a fact that I had forgotten and now the Bad pot is affixed onto the kiln shelf.  You can see how the glaze has pooled at the base of the urn.

Alas, the Bad.  Get out the electric grinder, respirator and eye protecting goggles and hope the shelf isn't ruined.

Baked Clay

The firing was finished at midnight when the number cone 10 "dropped" and the kiln was turned off.  This photo shows the glow that is created towards the end of the firing when the temperature is around 2300 degrees F.

After letting the kiln cool slowly all day - the results.