Monday 23 July 2012

new clay

This is the new French clay, you can see how the colour, from vegetable matter, changes as it dries.   It fires to a pale creamy colour.    It is dug and sieved..that is all! I'm not sure if it has had a little grog added after that, as it does have a few issues with occasional larger pieces and some bits of yellow ochre.
However it throws, dries, turns and cuts well.
We'll have to discuss the economics of it later!!
 Grey cat guarding grey clay pots!!


These are the two pots that I had in "The Rocket"- apparently the jug was judged best pot in the firing!!  It has come out nicely I must admit. They were very kindly delivered to the Court Cupboard Gallery where I worked my duty day yesterday.

We didn't have too many visitors, despite the beautiful hot and sunny weather, but that did give me the time to put up a new stand with glass shelves and display a different selection of my work...and write out a new stock list!!    It looks good (sorry, I forgot to photograph it!) lets hope it boosts sales.

7 comments:

Mr. Young said...

That IS really nice jug!
Cant wait to see all those bowls fired!

Cro Magnon said...

The jug and saucer are very nice; I can imagine myself using those!

smartcat said...

That is one fine jug, GZ. Cats and clay....sometimes wonderful; sometimes disaster!

farmlady said...

Congrats on the " best pot in the firing!! It's beautiful!
Love the cat. Aren't they always so in your face about things.
Interesting clay. It looks black before you fire it? Can't wait to see the results. Isn't "grog" something that you drink?

gz said...

farmlady, grog is added grit/sand/ground down fired clay, to give added "tooth" to the clay or reduce shrinkage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog_%28clay%29#Applications

Zhoen said...

Delicate footed cat, I hope and suppose.

gz said...

Z, I did worry when he jumped up....then he picked his way along the bench SO carefully and parked himself gently there...