Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These are the earliest forms of these new black clay and glaze tests, wonky bowls unfortunately, due to being trimmed too finely and positioned right next to the burners in the kiln. It seems this blend of stoneware clays doesn’t hold up quite so well as compared to my usual mixture, which means from this point on, future pots will be potted more thickly and placed in more sheltered places inside the kiln.
The very basic idea is my want for a simple black clay and glaze combination that end up feeling as if the vessels aren’t even glazed, yet I want just enough of a layer to cover once grog filled gaps and to smooth the forms a touch, (so I don’t need to be so fussy with the clay-work).
Both bowls were reduction fired to cone ten, some 1290ºC, and along with the rims distorting a little bit, the bare clay bases also plucked away at the kiln shelf a touch, meaning they needed to be sanded a touch more than normal, (a task for which I use my @diamondcoretools diamond pads). With my typical stoneware, grinding back the clay too much reveals dull, grey stoneware underneath, but at least with this combination I can polish to my heart’s content without ruining any of the colour as well, all that’s revealed is even more black.
Let me know what you think!
#bowl #stoneware #experiment #satisfying #asmr #pottery
These are the earliest forms of these new black clay and glaze tests, wonky bowls unfortunately, due to being trimmed too finely and positioned right next to the burners in the kiln. It seems this blend of stoneware clays doesn’t hold up quite so well as compared to my usual mixture, which means from this point on, future pots will be potted more thickly and placed in more sheltered places inside the kiln.
The very basic idea is my want for a simple black clay and glaze combination that end up feeling as if the vessels aren’t even glazed, yet I want just enough of a layer to cover once grog filled gaps and to smooth the forms a touch, (so I don’t need to be so fussy with the clay-work).
Both bowls were reduction fired to cone ten, some 1290ºC, and along with the rims distorting a little bit, the bare clay bases also plucked away at the kiln shelf a touch, meaning they needed to be sanded a touch more than normal, (a task for which I use my @diamondcoretools diamond pads). With my typical stoneware, grinding back the clay too much reveals dull, grey stoneware underneath, but at least with this combination I can polish to my heart’s content without ruining any of the colour as well, all that’s revealed is even more black.
Let me know what you think!
#bowl #stoneware #experiment #satisfying #asmr #pottery
