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Tuesday 15 September 2015

Glazing, firings and Kiln shelfies!

Once we were in September, we got very busy! It's a harvesting time. The hazel tree had a bumper crop this year. We have spent a long time harvesting and processing nuts and crab apples. That's almost finished now, thankfully. The fingers are sore and shoulders ache. 


As I haven't updated the glazing process recently, here are photos of the glazing and firings of this month. 

The Pacific in the morning sun 

Storm is on a commission for a lovely lady.  





First glaze-firing.


Storm is almost touching the top of the kiln! 



And look! She came out beautifully! But she would need another firing. 



Here is a peek into bisque-firing. Notice the Ostrich. :)



Ta-da!


Glazing starts on little ones. Pocket Friends pretend to be cupcakes! :D 



And I started the glaze-firing this morning. The kiln is full. Fingers crossed. Result tomorrow!



2 comments:

  1. She turned out gorgeous indeed! And she's really special… one of my favorites for sure!
    Looks like you've been making a lot! Even with the harvest and everything. Do you have many trees? Hope you'll get a bit of time to rest and recover from all that now though;)

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    1. Thank you, Laura. I'm happy with how she came out yesterday. Photos later! : )
      In fact, I was frustrated with my slow progress. Ceramics takes long, though.
      We have only one tree, 10 years old. I love nuts, so I planted it, but not much harvest until this year due to squirrels! Thank you. My fingers finally got recovered. One good thing was that I lost weight; harvesting was physically challenging! :D

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