Reclaim clay

To day I do the hard work, I knead my recycled clay.

When I trimme my clay I collect the clay I trim off and dry it in at bucket.

I also collect the sediment in the bucket I wash my hands in.

I chop it up and slurp it up.

After a week or two, I mix it well with a drill with an auger on.

Then I pour it onto plasterboard in plastic boxes ( they are emty on the photo)

Now I have to wit until the consistency is right, but I turn the clay every naw and then.

When the consistency is right, I put the clay in a plastic bag and leave it for at least a week.

Now I have to knead the clay well before I use it.

Plates for my kitchen cupboard

I have made thise wonderful stackable dinner plates for our self.

I have tried with 4 different patterns on the edge.

The plates is made ind black clay from Goerge&Schneider 371 and glazed with koppergreen 1373 from Cerama.

When the plates is wheel trowed and after they have dried a day, the back must be made nice. But I dont have to spoil the edge, therefore I have made a tool, the plate kan lie on:

It is very easy to throw plates by follow this tutorial:

Play with glazes

Clay : black George&Schneider 371 from Silicanordic.

Glaze: inside sand with effect 42008 Silicanordic. Outside 1.st layer travertin Botz 9899 and 2nd. layer sand with effect 42008.

Clay: black George&Schneider 371

Glaze : inside sand with effect 42008 Silicanordic. Outside Creme 42009 Silicanordic and a 2. layer with beige 42313 from Silicanordic.

Clay: black George&Schneider 371

Glaze, inside sand with effect 42008 Silicanordic. Outside nephrite green 42312 from Silicanordic.

Clay: black George&Schneider 371

Glaze: inside peppermint 42012 from Silicanordic Outside winter blue 42320 from Silicanordic and a 2.nd layer on top of the blue with peppermint.

Clay; light clay with kork from Goerg&Schneider 933

Glaze: inside peppermint 42012 from Silicanordic Outside winter blue 42320 from Silicanordic and a 2.nd layer on top of the blue with peppermint.

Clay: black George&Schneider 371,

Glaze: inside sand with effect 42008 Silicanordic. Outside tenmoku 1347 from Cerama.

Clay :light Goerg&Schneider 208

Glaze: inside grey with effect 42013 Silicanordic, outside 1 st layer grey green 5489 from Cerama and a 2.nd layer grey with effect

Clay :light Goerg&Schneider 208

Glaze, inside grey with effect 42013 Silicanordic, outside 1st layer violet 42311 from Silicanordic and a 2 nd layer grey with effect.

Clay :light Goerg&Schneider 208

Glaze: inside grey with effect 42013. Outside violet 42311 from Silicanordic and 2 nd layer light brown with spots 42010 from Silicanordic.

Clay :light Goerg&Schneider 208

Clay: inside sand 42008 Silicanordic. Outside travertin 9899 Botz on the upper part and sand with effect on the lower part.

Clay :light Goerg&Schneider 208

Clay: inside peppermint 42012 from Silicanordic, outside 1 st layer is winter blue 452320 from Silicanordic and 2 nd layer is grey with effect 42013 from Silicanordic.

Clay; light clay with kork from Goerg&Schneider 933

Glaze: inside sand with effect 42008 from Silicanordic and outside 1 st layer grey green5489 from Cerama and grey with effect 42013 from Silicanordic.

Clay :light Goerg&Schneider 208

Clay: inside slade grey 1318 from Cerama, outside 1 st layer violet 42311 from Silicanordic and 2 nd layer is slate grey

Clay; light clay with kork from Goerg&Schneider 933

Clay: inside sand with effect42008 from Silicanordic. Outside 1 st layer is violet 42311 and 2 nd layer is grey with effect 42013 from Silicanordic.

Clay: black George&Schneider 371,

Glaze: Inside Grey with effect 42013 Silicanordic , outside bluegrey with spots 42032 from Silicanordic.

Clay: black George&Schneider 371,

Glaze inside peppermint 42012 from Silicanordic, outside 1 st layer red 2460 and 2 nd layer is peppermint.

Clay; light clay with kork from Goerg&Schneider 933

Clay: inside sand with effect 42008 Silicanordic and outside tenmoku 1347 from Cerama.

Clay; light clay with kork from Goerg&Schneider 933

Glaze: inside grey with effect 42013 from Silicanordic , outside blue grey 42032 from Silicanordic and on the upper part a 2 nd layer grey with effect

Clay: black George&Schneider 371,

Glaze: inside grey with effect 42013 from Silicanordic , outside violet 42311 from Silicanordic.

Clay; light clay with kork from Goerg&Schneider 933

Glaze: inside grey with effect42013 from Silicanordic, outside 1 st layer violet 42311 Silicanordic and on the upper part a 2 nd layer winter blue 42320 from Silicanordic.

Travertin – an interesting glaze

On this mug made in ligt clay (208 Goerg & Schneider – Silicanordic), I have first glazed the inside with sand with effect ( Silicanordic 42008). Thereafter, the top of the outside is glazed twice with a brush glaze Travertin (Botz 9899), and when it is dried, the bottom is dipped in sand with effect.

It is fired to 1230 degrees.

This mug is glazed with the same glazes like the one above, but on this mug is the whole outside glazed twice with Travertin and the clay is 933 with cork spots, Goerg & Schneider altso from Silicanordic.

Red on different clay

I have a new glaze, red mottled ( 2460 from Cerama). I have tried it on different clays and in combination with slate grey ( 1318 from Cerama).

The two first pictures ( top left and in the middle of the top line) Here is the mug made in an clay with a lot of ion :

The mug is first glazed with the red glaze and after drying, it is glaze with the grey glaze.

The mug in the top right corner and the bottom left corner, has the same glaze, but it is made in a nearly white clay:

The last mug, is made in the clay with ion (591) but it is only glazed with the red color.

One i have learned to love.

I didn’t like this plant bowl, when I unloaded the kiln. It didn’t look the way I had imagined. It should have been read with a chrystal pattern over. Any way, one day I was missing at plant bowl and I found this one. After a couple of days, I started to like it.

I glazed the bowl this way.

First I put a piece of masking tape around as a belt. Then I dipped the bowl in Scarvas Nano Crimson red. When the glaze was dry, I removed the masking tape and dipped it in Chrystal white ( Cerama 1310), just a thin layer. I hoped it would have made chrystal effect above that very monochromatic red – but I think the chrystal white glaze seemed more like an effect generator.

A surprise

I have two mugs with sand with effekt (glaze 42008 from Silicanordic) on the inside and nephrite green (glaze 42312 from Silicanordic) on the outside. I was not satisfied with the inner glaze, and gave the mugs a round of effect generator on the inside, but nothing at the outside. I refired one of the two mugs, but 10 degrees lower than the first firing ( first 1240, second 1230) What a change in the expression of the glaze on the outside!

Ther was no room for the second mug in this firing, so now I’m exited to see, if it will change the character of the outer glaze like the first mug. I have to wait at coupple of weeks!

two mugs after the first firing at 1240 degrees.

After refiring at 1230 degrees.