The test soap dish is out. The colour developed *beautifully* where the glaze was thick (and was pretty darn ugly where thin, but that’s okay. The only problem is there was some pinholing–not a major problem in terms of safety, since these aren’t meant to be eaten off of, but it is an aesthetic issue. I’ll be giving up on this glaze and going with the backup, which has less green undertones but no texture problems.
I’ll mix up the batch tonight, and they should be out of the kiln and delivered for payment before the end of the month. Yay!
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My name is Maaike Charron, and I'm a potter in St. John's, Newfoundland. I started fiddling around with pottery in summer 2006, when I was told volunteering in the local clay studio would get me free studio time. I mostly taught myself, spending a lot of time poring over books, magazines and websites, and occasionally pestering the more advanced (but very helpful) potters around me with questions. After about two years, I decided I'd gotten good enough to go into business for myself. This blog, started after my first big craft fair, was created to document the process of becoming a wondrously succesful craftsperson. (Or it will document How Not To Do It. We'll see.)
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