Right Brain Feed

 My least favorite part of pottery making is glazing. I’m not all that creative with glaze decorating…. Mainly because I just want to get thru it.  When I set up my own studio at home, I had to figure out glaze method, glaze formulation and chemistry, and how to fire a kiln. I’m still struggling with it. I’ve got a decent kiln firing schedule I like, but the glaze testing and glaze process is still a struggle. I’m indecisive. For applying glaze, I can dip, spray, pour, or brush glaze on the piece. I’ve been trying them all at home, they each have their own problems.  For making glazes, I keep testing and testing, but boy I sure can’t seem to settle on a few tried and true glazes that work well with my clay types and kiln schedule. I’m even experimenting with commercial glazes (Amaco Potters choice).  It gets overwhelming, but I do get some nice results in the carnage of glaze tests gone awry. Here’s Amaco Ironstone on a textured plate: And my Binger glaze growing som...

I'll own it, I really enjoy feeding the birds. We get tons of chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, and a few cardinals.  It's nice to watch them swarming the feeder on a cold morning.  The neighborhood squirrels have been hard at work trying to defeat the "squirrel proof" feeder.  I've been doing battle with them, and putting technology to good use. When a squirrel approaches the feeder, my outdoor wyzecam pops up a notification on my phone and pushes up a short video of his antics. Just like real war, it's a series of back and forth moves. He figured out the last setup, so now it's a higher pole.... and here's what happens when I slick it down with EVOO. I get a kick out of watching him. Squirrel wars can be entertaining.