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Quite happy how these came out — they remind me almost of the covers of a few Yes albums (or heat maps).

Both are the same glaze with different dip lengths; it’s Old Forge’s First Five glossy base with iron and rutile.

I’ve mixed this base probably dozens of times with different colorant combinations (I’m relatively new to making my own glazes) and this has to be my favorite so far! I’m interested to see how it’ll look on a wheel thrown piece, as these were pinched and had a bit more surface variation.

Same glaze, different thicknesses. Obsessed with the movement on this one but not yet sure if it’ll be food safe.

This is an adapted version of Old Forge’s First Five glossy base — adjusted for the chemistry of German materials — with rutile and iron!

I can’t seem to stop making work with incorporated chains and links lately, and I’m loving seeing other artists’ take on this trend as well. I’m happy with these pedestaled bowls (now waiting for bisque) but still thinking about what color to glaze the inside!

Started this blazer for a show over three years ago. Obviously didn’t finish it in time; the hand beading in particular was very time consuming. There’s also embroidery on the front.

I need to declutter and to be totally honest, I don’t know if I can ever see myself finishing this. It would be a shame to waste it — does anyone have interest in it? I’m happy to ship to you, I have all of the materials to finish it! Just send me a DM. More photos in comments:

Thrown in two pieces. The lip on this one got a bit wonky but that’s OK; more of an excuse to keep it for myself!

I’m a hobby potter and I’ve always been drawn to rotund or bulbous shapes. I made a few of these little lidded forms because I wanted an urn for my dog’s ashes, but now I can’t stop making them. There’s something about the form that I’m drawn to.

They’re almost like Chinese ginger jars, but the shoulder on those tends to be a little higher. That said, I do definitely count ginger jars among my inspiration — I grew up with parents who sold art and antiques, so I had the privilege of exposure to a lot of really cool art when I was young.

Regardless, I’m really proud of these — I took pottery classes in high school but only recently got back into throwing, and I’m very proud of my progress over the last two years.

Glazes, left to right: Terracolor Tourmaline, Botz Weasel Brown, Botz Green Granite

From left to right, weight of thrown clay (just the body, not the lid): 250g, 450g, 600g

I found a beautiful [metallic mirror glaze](https://glazy.org/recipes/590456) on Glazy and wanted to experiment. I’ve been learning some glaze chemistry basics so I used Glazy’s UMF calculator to formulate this recipe for my (German) ingredients. I’ll add the UMF in the comments.

It’s pretty high in boron (0.32 on the UMF) which is quite a bit from what I’ve read and would explain the dripping.

I also thought about adding Kaolin, because I’ve read that it can help stiffen glazes (alumina). On the other hand, I don’t want to lose this cool surface.

I also know that there are commercial glazes that have similar surfaces that are notoriously runny. Is it possible to make a non-runny version of this glaze? Would it make more sense to test a version of this glaze with more alumina/Kaolin or formulated to have lower boron/frit?

I’m an amateur weed grower and also a ceramicist (I often say that my hobbies include growing pot and throwing pot) so I made myself this hat :)

I’m also a ceramicist, and I grow weed. Second photo is after I washed away the sticky paper!