Clay Flambé

Back in a previous life when I wore a suit and tie and worked 8 am to 11 pm I saved a lotta dry cleaner bags

That could work, as it's a white stoneware body (Sheffield's Wood Light). It might be relatively subtle, but it should show some, if the glaze isn't too thick

Thanks. Not sure. Was thinking I might apply a redart and rutile terra sigilata, maybe a little black brushwork, then let the kiln do its thing. Or maybe gold shino. Or maybe Unzicker's tenmoku....

Handled
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Need to go over the silhouette with a straightedge
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Just a tad bumpy
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A little too narrow at the base, too
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Looks like something the pedopreznit might send to Tehran to distract from his pedopreznitting
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Next one: broader base
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When in doubt about what to make, I make a mug. Those are delightful

Thanks. Same glaze

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Close. The most cat-like canid. Cat in training

I mainly use gold shino in my kiln. Cathi Jefferson red shino for a liner at times. PD Crackle on dark clay or slip. Usually steer clear of Malcolm Davis in wood, unless I fire in a saggar. (I like it for carbon trap, but it tends to go army green when exposed to wood ash)

Thanks I agree. They're versatile and variable. My fallback, whenever I'm unsure what glaze to use. This one (PD Crackle) can be a little fickle

Working on the website. Should have it up by the time I fire in May and unload in June

It's a divisive glaze. Some love it, some (the trypophobic, I suspect) hate it

2of2/ You must know more than you let on about the color of different ash when it melts! Pine, spruce, and other softwoods give you blue and green glass drips. Oak: yellow; fruit woods: nice pastels; tree of heaven: rainbows (ok, I'm joking about tree of heaven)

The darkness of #3 might be Fe from the dark clay bleeding into the glaze--not sure. ##1,2 were thrown w/ white clay, then Fe slip was brushed on, then a glaze dip. The thin slip may not have given enough Fe to the glaze to turn it dark. Maybe blow some Fe slip on top of the glaze, next time?/1 of 2

Thanks. I would like to get the color and "width of crawl" Matt got in his tumbler. His was fired in non-atmospheric, cone 10 reduction. As mine were fired in a wood kiln, ash filled in between the crawls, and overwhelmed the glaze in places. Next firing, I'll put similar pots in "quieter spots"

Three PD Crackle-glazed tumblers, chez Matt Hyleck
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The first two are mine, fired in my wood kiln in summer and fall 2024, respectively
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The "magic marker" line aound the second one is the result of a layer of carbon in the flame flowing around the pot
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The third?
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An actual Matt Hyleck tumbler

Exactly. He knows that Iran isn't the same as a little adventure in Venezuela, Ecuador or bombing boats in the Caribbean. He needs his forever war, to really distract from his domestic troubles. Problem is, all the bad futures. Waiting for the PRC to invade Taiwan, Russia the Baltics. Thanks, Trump

I'll post snaps after the firing in May/June and thanks

Thanks. CJ fires with salt. Interested to see how this slip comes out in soda

That's quite fine

That rings true

That's good, but yeah, military. I knew a guy in the Korean conflict in charge of an army library. He was ordered to organize the books by size. I missed out of service in 'Nam. Just a little young

Yeah, that sounds ideal

I wish I'd been raised that way. I did take a year of intensive language instruction in Indonesian, once upon a time, got pretty comfortable speaking, understanding, while living there. My French really sucks, wish it didn't

My condolences. I'm a transplant. Wife's an original. Well, almost. She moved here when she was a month old

Could make it or break it. So many things have to go right

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Yes and yes. By mid summer

I should have a pottery website up and running by then

A couple of Matt Hyleck-inspired yunomi
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They seem simple, but the opposing curves of the foot and the drinking well make it hard to trim them enough so they don't feel bottom heavy
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I'll slip them with iron, glaze them with PD Crackle for a devil's brain surface
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