Kiln opening 1st time 14th Sept 2013

Here is a short video of my kiln opening which if I must say was very successful. 

The next stage is to decide how to glaze them !!!

Enjoy .

 

 

Fantastic Friday 13th

Fantastic Friday 13th

 

                 We have had the most wonderful day, it started off with a terrific daybreak, the Sky's around us are so bright and vast and the first light of day was breaking on our mountain Peñagolosa which stands a full 1813mts or 5948 ft (in real money) above sea level.

 

So up and about saw me preparing for a morning in my studio, beaverly getting ready to fire my new kiln, loaded with 25 various pots/bowls of green ware and trying for the first time to magically change them into bisque.

 

Anyhow back to that lot later !!!

 

       As I returned to the casa for my elevenses I was aware that Maggie was working on our quilt which last saw the light of day back in 2010/11 and not the boys that she had started earlier that morning, It turned out that she did not have the correct foot for her sewing machine so it looks like ours might be finished for the cold season. yippee,  Anyhow here are a few pics of  her sample quilt that I may be underneath SOOOON .

 

 

 

 

I marval at the intricancy of each piece and the patience that Magsamillion has and what goes into making just one square let alone putting the whole quilt together.

 

 

1st fire of my kiln, here is a short video, sorry about the shake of hand as it was taken on my iphone.

 

 

As soon as I get the results I shall share !

 



Firing / How excited can one get

 

OK, So Raku / Bisque kiln built ! Itching to fire, 25 pots-bowls etc made, my first trial bisque firing tomorrow !!! fingers crossed.Hope they are all dry enough as don't want any explosions, Ouch.

 

 

     I am going to attempt to video the firing tomorrow if successful I shall try and upload a short one for this blog.

 

 

Small plate made for my grandson Henry and a casserole !! my tutor Catherine says its pretty good ! for a 1.5 person one ! em ! so I take it a slightly bigger one is needed

 

 

 

my attempt at plates and bowls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain in Spain !

7th Sept 2013 our 6th Grandson was due today (there is still time Jo Jo)

 

   Today the temperature is a few degrees lower then the past few weeks , we have been fortunate to have had good weather for our local fiestas.

 

Party time was good this year with plenty going on from the Caravan /  prego as our 10yr old neighbour Claudia calls the carnival procession .At the start of the week there was paella competitions, local art displays,local theatre plays, traditional dancing etc. Bull running plays a big part of the traditional fiestas with family's having their own patch/viewing platform to watch and enjoy (no bulls are hurt) 

 



 

 

Following on from the fiestas we had our daughter Heather and Chris arrive for a weeks holiday so no pots that week either ha, so we took them to the river gorge at Montenejos were we all had a lovely day and river swim.

 

 

Ok now onto today !

 



The plan was to spend the day in my studio practising ha ha instead I made a repeat tool ! I think that's what its called, anyhow it will help me to produce bowls to the same diameter / height etc

 

 

 

 Maggie was the one producing today she is making 3 single quilts for my son Richard's three boys, our grandsons will each have different colours, all will have the same design (no arguments)

 

 





Well done Maggie