Welcome to another week in the pottery studio.
Monday we took a day away from the studio and celebrated our Anniversary with a day trip to Lake George, NY.
Let there be (more) lighter! We installed new studio lights and added some overhead lights to make the filming area brighter and to get rid of some distracting shadows on my filming work table!

I am developing a few new glaze colors for Fall. I am really into olive green right now and am trying to get the perfect shade. Which green do you like best on the test tile the bunny(left) or tile pattern (right). Or do they look the same lol. Maybe I need to step away from the greens for a bit.

Bead week is coming July 8-14 and I am finishing up making the pieces that will be in the new jewelry classes. It’s going to be my 4th doing bead week and each year it gets bigger and better. You can check out all of past years bead week classes on ClayShare.

In this week Primetime class we made a Coffee pot/ hot chocolate pot. In the class I used an extruder but you can also handbuild one from slab or even throw one on the wheel.

It the season for underglaze transfer/decals. I am enjoying all of the new designs and using them with texture. I can’t wait to glaze and share the plate I made with the textured rim and underglaze decal in the center with you all!

There was a lot of happy mail this week and I saved all of my packages to open up with you. The textured paddle, rope roller, mini mushroom and Mayco Raku glaze are from The Ceramic Shop. The spectrum glazes are from Blick, the Raku tongs are from Clayscapes Pottery and the Summer underglaze decals are from Sanbao Studio.

I will be doing an ask me anything vlog episode soon so send me your questions and I’ll answer them there!

Thanks for joining me the studio this week. Next week will be all about Microwave Raku and it’s going to get hot in the studio!

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