Wednesday, July 13, 2011

It's not Oklahoma, but........


the edge tiles

corner edge tile for the hexagonal table

numbering system for table tiles

hexagonal table
I'm firing a glaze kiln, and decided to take the thermometer out to the studio  (never a good idea; I'll get too depressed) to see just how hot it really was.  It was hot!!! about 110F.   Though a little cooler if you lay down on the floor.  -heat rises, you know.....Whew!  And that's why I don't keep a thermometer out in the studio anymore.  During the winter, it's toasty, but now, in the middle of a heat wave, it's just plain hot!  Still, I have to do some work out there. I threw 3 bowls, made 2 large and 3 small slab platters, a 4-legged bowl, a casserole, and threw 2 bottoms for more large pitchers.  This weekend I go off to another fair, and I want work to dry enough so that I can do a bisque as soon as I get back.  There's a lot of raw ware waiting on the shelves, but I thought I could turn out a few more pieces.  I am also setting up tiles for a hexagonal table---each tile is numbered before it's waxed and glazed, and extra little edge pieces are done generically, then fitted in after the firing.
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3 comments:

  1. Quietly OtakuJuly 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Yikes thats hot! You need to make sure to take plenty of fluids and watch yourself working in such high temperatures. I sometimes find when the kilns firing it can get quite airless too.

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  2. Ann Tubbs Maiolica PotteryJuly 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Thanks--I do drink a LOT of water, and spray water on the back of my neck, and sometimes stick a bare foot into a bucket of water (2 if I'm sitting down). You're right about the airlessness--and dryness, too. I don't usually work in the studio when the kiln is so hot, but sometimes I just have to get something done. Then it feels cool (96F) when I go outside. :-D

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  3. KatieJuly 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    I love your tiled work, Ann! This, the other table that you showed, and some of your earlier wall art are beautiful. Keep cool and say hello to Bruce for me!

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