Since I focused on hump mold pottery for this workshop, I was able to bring a number of pieces with surface texture. In my opinion, I thought copper glazes would be the best choice for those textures! On all of these pieces, I only glazed the top or interior, and left the outside and rim unglazed to carbon trap smoke and become a matte dark gray. I did some planning and sketches ahead of time, and decided I preferred that contrast more than doing a copper glaze exterior as well
I used a variety of glazes both in combination and individually on a couple pieces. They included Tutti Frutti, Blue Copper Flash, Blue Silver Luster, Golden Rainbow, Peacock, Lithium Carbonate and Midnight Luster.
Here is a textured plate with Tutti Frutti on the outer rim and Blue Copper Flash on the inside.
Next is a similar plate, glazed entirely with Golden Rainbow.
This plate was more experimental - I left some geometric shapes that aligned with the texture I imprinted unglazed, so they joined the base and rim in becoming matte dark gray. Then I glazed aligning with the texture again in three segments: Golden Rainbow, Blue Silver Luster, and Midnight Luster.
This is a small, curved dish. I no longer recall what I did with the glazing on this one, but I’m pretty sure it was a mix!
This bowl is the other piece tied for my favorite from this workshop! It has light texture and was glazed on the interior toward the rim with Tutti Frutti and toward the bottom with Blue Copper Flash.
I never know how lithium carbonate will come out - sometimes it’s gorgeous, sometimes it’s meh, and often I over-apply it and undesirable results like blistering occur. I decided to try it on this bowl, and I’m happy that this time I didn’t over apply. I was hoping for one of the radiant, glossy finishes it can do, but it chose a more satin, sedate finish. I still like it!
I refired this large dish after putting a bit more glaze on, as the way the glaze appeared on the first firing was to my mind not pleasing (though others said they really liked it). Though refiring stresses a piece and can cause it to crack or lead to even worse glaze results, in this case it came out whole and I much prefer it in its second evolution!