So, I switched from cream stoneware to porcelain this winter. Here’s what done of my results have been:
As expected, the Robot line has gotten brighter, and the colours are indeed popping out more. Some of them, especially the purple underglaze, have even gotten more intense. Something to do with the difference in iron content in the clay?
Who knows. I like it, anyways.
My matte glazes have all lost their yellowy undertone, which is cool. The white is now very white, and the satin matte blue is an almost shockingly pretty pastel.
I hadn’t quite bargained on the lizardskin glaze on my Dino pots also going all pretty and pastel, but it has. It’s a really dramatic difference, actually. Not quite sure what to make of that change.
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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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