Pottery Progress

Drying bowls and platters

Ken is winding up the throwing and trimming part of pottery making.  He forms a pot, trims the bottom, lets the piece dry slowly, and then bisques it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teapots and more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bisque is to to fire clay to the point it will not return to mud.  Ken has found that using a bisque firing enables him to make lighter pottery and have less breakage in the final glaze firing.  

Botanical prints and trays

Once pots are at this point, they all need to be glazed and stacked in the kiln.  For our large kiln that holds 2,000 - 3,000 pieces, the glazing and stacking requires about a month.