I had a great group of very talented potters who were totally into color. They were eager to work and … luckily for me … totally aware of the risks we were taking with rushing the making process.
We created our patterned canes, then made trays with them as this is a fairly forgiving form to dry quickly.
Luckily the Folk School has a drying cabinet which allowed me to regulate a gentle drying process.
We took a class vote and decided to go for it and bisque fire them Wednesday night. Gutsy group!!
Here they are cooling off in the early morning of Thursday just before we took them in to glaze.
We were treated to a demo of a "new to me” laminating technique perfected by Dean McRaine in Hawaii.
I’m thrilled to get his permission to teach this cool method to all my students in future classes.
I also demo'ed the friendship bracelet cane which was invented by another of my students … one of the joys of teaching workshops is the learning goes in both directions.
'Starry Night' cane made from this process.
Here are the trays glazed to Cone 5 electric.
My special THANKS to this great group who shared and dared!!
