I love these bright glazes–I highly recommend them. The brand is called ‘Coyote’. This is the first place (Texas) I have seen them locally sold. I believe they can be bought online. Really dependable and predictable outcome. If you are interested in which specific glaze this is I will be happy to respond to any questions.
here is a close up of one of the pieces faces. I used underglaze to achieve the flesh tones. The clay body is a high-fire white porcelain-like clay body taken to cone six.
I finally set up my etsy store. I will have more pieces posted in a couple of days. I am trying to build up a range of work large and small. If anyone needs to see more images of a piece or has any questions just let me know. Thanks for your interest.
I’m looking forward to finishing this piece. There is a lot of detail to hold ones attention. Should be completed in a few days.
This piece stands about 13 inches high. When finished it will be brightly coated with glazes and underglaze.
Now the surface of the pieces are coated with a black underglaze. It’s essentially a liquefied clay that also has oxides and mason stains included to give the dark hue. I buy everything commercially through my local clay store.
I take the pieces to a temperature of about 2200 degrees F. Usually for the final firing it can take anywhere from 7-9 hours until completion. My kiln is an oldie but a goody, this means that I have to manually turn up knobs (three in total) every thirty minutes. One day I will have a computerized kiln…one day. I’m so grateful to call have one all my own—feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven. Tomorrow in the afternoon I will be able to open the lid. Usually after a glaze firing (this might just be me) there will be at least a couple pieces that I will have to glaze again and refire due to imperfections. Fingers crossed–just FYI the item coming out of the peep hole at the top of the kiln is a pyrometer to gauge the temp—and yes you can see me in the reflection of the kiln—and yes I do wear fluffy bright blue slippers to do my turn ups. My first selfie, I didn’t notice until I downloaded pics. Thanks for reading!
up coming show in Boise, Idaho
The show title is ‘small whimsy’ it will be opening on November 9th and on view until December 21st. I submitted several pieces mostly wall hangings and one free standing sculpture. I have never been in this space or seen the gallery, but from what I can gather from the website—-the other artist being represented in this space are fantastic!!! There is a variety of mixed media work to intaglio, graphite and a lot of ceramic sculpture/utilitarian work. I was pleasantly excited to see one of my dear friends in the clay world Patty Bilbro’s work resides here as well—check it out.
current show ‘Conditions of Humans’
The work featured in this show is my most current (made in San Antonio Texas). I am really honored to be present in the If Art Gallery, Columbia South Carolina. —I have so much respect and admiration for Bob Trotman and David Yaghjian who are also a part of this exhibit. Recently the gallery owner Wim Roefs expanded the space of his gallery in the historic Vista section of Columbia. This gallery is truly a work of art in and of itself.
Leslie Hinton 