Monday, August 22, 2011

For the most part

For the most part it was a very good firing with some really nice looking pots in the kiln.
Which is what we all like.

Top, Front Crown

Front shelves ready to unload
Then we have to sneak in some seconds just to keep things interesting:
sneaky seconds hiding behind the big boys.....

And of course that means a hammer is a girl's best friend.
Took those babies right out- 1-2-3- and 4!
All of these ran down and hit the shelf in a way that made them impossible to save.
The hammer made them all better.
More later.
M

16 comments:

Anna M. Branner said...

Yay for hammers. Doesn't that feel good? (As long as it is only a few each firing of course!)

cookingwithgas said...

Yes it did feel good! I tried a tree first and it bounced- it was straight for the hammer after that!

Mrs. G. said...

Wowzw, some really cool stuff.

Tracey Broome said...

My eye went right to that blue and brown mug. I may just have to come get me one of those! Should have saved the pot bashing for me, I need something to release all of this angst!

laura weant johnson said...

yikes, those pots never saw it coming!! glad you had a good firing...can't wait to see more!

cookingwithgas said...

if they had quit bouncing off the trees I would not have had to fetch the hammer!
Oh TB- I am sure we will make more for you!

cookingwithgas said...

Thanks Mrs G!

ang design said...

love that glaze meredith...looks like a chun over tenmoku and ouch mr hammer :(

Michèle Hastings said...

oh yes... i Mr. Hammer has become my friend... and it does feel good to do some smashing. happy to hear that overall the firing was a success.

Maggie said...

We have 5 drive shafts hangin" from a Holly tree branch over a bank. Makes great "chimes"...shard pile underneath.

Linda Starr said...

Oh that black and blue one at the top left caught my eye.

FetishGhost said...

Beautiful Meredith!

Gary's third pottery blog said...

oh my, gorgeous :)

Quietly Otaku said...

Beautiful pieces, but its always sad to see a few stray pots that dont work out!

Laurie said...

I see mosaics in there :o)!

Jeannette StG said...

What a huge kiln! Yes, I also thought: pieces for a mosaic:)