Kiln firing...

The kiln is cooling down from a 20 hour firing. It's about 1100 degrees right now.... I'm always eager to see how things look inside but have to wait until later on this evening for it to be cool enough to open.  ( 200 degrees )  The computerized kiln i use lets me choose the details of a sequence of firing segments. Here is how it looks for a combination bisque and glaze firing of small pieces. this has been working for me pretty well as far as not having things crack or explode in the kiln. But i never really know for sure until i open it up and see what the fire has created.

Ancient Owl and Beauty Bird Dreaming Spring...

     Ancient Owl ruffled her feathers as she 

     felt the rainbow wind touch her and said 

     to Beauty Bird "Oh how i love Spring... 

     Mother Earth is dreaming Spring into 

     being again. Feel it? Whoooooo!"

Beauty Bird chirped excitedly "Oh yes, 

so many times She has brought Springtime 

around the wheel again! Chirp! chirp! I feel 

Spring flowing through my hollow bones. 

How sweetly Mother Earth loves 

all her children". 

    "And her patience with us opens my heart. 

     Especially her patience with 

     those two leggeds."

"Well, they are the new comers here 

with so much to learn...just wish they 

would let us teach them how to 

listen to Mother."

    "Whooooo! Look there is one now 

     sitting outside. I'm gonna go show 

     myself to her and see if 

     she can hear me yet"

....to be continued...

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New owls going into my Etsy shop today...

Post by Blue Fire MacMahon, clay artist.

Spring art....

Spring green day lily shoots are emerging into this cool foggy mountain morning.

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new spring look...

i could spend hours playing with graphic design of my look for Facebook, Pinterest, etsy, google. in fact i have to tear myself away from playing with pic monkey today.

mugs, something new.

i'm experimenting with making some functional pieces for my own use.
some mugs

and containers

i have another larger container going into the next glaze kiln firing.  i want to make some plates and bowls, too. these are just for fun, slab built with a black gloss glaze inside and matte glaze on the outside. i stuck a few metal tacks on the handles and bands on the outside....reminds me of the tin + rivets creations i experimented with a few years ago. the tacks do not go all the way through to the inside of course. wouldn't want them to spring a leak since they are "functional" pottery.  its nice to just stretch and do something different. and besides, i was ready for some new dishes : )

 i've been enjoying drinking tea from them. (they work!) 

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