KT_Pottery

Phew 😮‍💨 that was as a lot of work, but at least the kiln is loaded and firing now!

Glazing day…my LEAST favourite part of pottery.
When I create the items I always think “oh, x glaze will look great on this piece” and of course totally can’t remember what I had in mind and completely blank out once the pieces come out of the bisque kiln.
Glaze has gotten so expensive that I try to keep to single glazes or max 2 or 3 glaze layer combos. However, every glaze I put on requires as least 2 coats, in most cases 3, and all layers have to fully dry in between, so this is very time consuming.
In this load I have to glaze:
70 mugs
13 tumblers
10 nests
14 gnomes
4 ramen bowls
3 butter dishes
9 scrubby holders
1 cream and sugar set
And reglaze 1 oil bottle
Wish me luck! I may never emerge from my studio again 😅😰🫪🥵

Reminiscing about Tuscany ❤️

I recently flew to Syracuse, NY for a surface decoration workshop and last night, I started to decorate some mugs with the techniques I learnt. So love how these turned out!

Wholly Handmade is on this weekend.
Today, 10am-5pm
Tomorrow 11am-4pm
Come on by.

How did the carved mugs turn out, you wonder? Well, here they are! I will have some of them with me this weekend at Wholly Handmade at the Strathcona County Community Centre - The Agora, on Aug 23/24. Come by and hold one (or two) and see how they fit in your hand.