Making glazes can be nerve-racking but sure it is worth doing. My test tiles army :)  

Here are some photos of my sketchbook pages :) I hope you will like them.

It was a long break since my last post. I have to admite that I didn't do as much work during that time as I would wish. Lack of kilns and Christmas brake were the reasons of the slowdown in my work. I have made sagars and fired few tests in them. This piece was inspired by the shape of sagars. I also mounted some my previous pieces on a board to get better idea how will they look on the wall.

It's almost Christmas time and I was given a chance to take part in Craft Fair organized on  Limerick's Milkmarket. It was an experience all right but I don't think I want to carry on with this type of sells...  I have sold just few stars and I am deeply disappointed. There were simply no people there, I don't know what was the reason... maybe it's because of the recession.... Well anyway here is the stuff I was trying to sell, hope you like it :

I am slow again in documenting my actions here but this time the weren't much happening. Our kilns in college are being changed so for the last week we could use only small test ones. Here are some photos of my tests moving :) this time I have arranged them in the kiln so they will bend while fired. It work pretty well. Some of the test were done in order to see if they will keep the given shape.

This time of year is the scariest time of all... It's essay time... I always fool myself that "this time I will start earlier and will have it done weeks before it's due for the assessment'. But this year is no exception and I was doing everything else but my essay.... Finally today I have dragged myself to the library and start searching for answers. It was quiet and nice and I have done my work for a day when I had found them!! Three great artists who are doing things that for weeks were hatching in my head - I didn't know how to make them real.... I was sad at first. There are people already there doing things I wanted to do and obviously they are way better then I am. There is no place for me in ceramic world, everything what I wanted to do is done!  Then I have realized that every student need a master :) So I am proud to present my Masters and Heroes in ceramics: Porcelain vessel by Jennifer McCurdy http://www.jennifermccurdy.com/ Jean-Francois Fouilhoux ...

I have took out my last tests from the kiln today and at first I was very disappointed with the results. It took me good few hours to understand that there may be still faults in my models but I have learnt a lot from my last two firings so I should be happy rather then sad. I definitely have to make my next pieces a bit thicker as they break very easily. I have decided to try the same forms in pure porcelain as it looks that when used at good thickness it is light enough and keeps the given shape quite well. I also got an idea for piece that will collapse in the kiln and I think I have gathered enough informations in my tests to 'control' the fall. So over all I am pleased with the results. Now please judge them yourselves : All this pieces worked out quite well, in the future I will need to create more contact between the slabs.  This one broke when I was taking it from the kiln. It is extr...