New Retail Location!

Here are some pictures of my pottery in the front window of Stock Home Design!  We walked by when it was already closed but Elisa is great with merchandising!  Click on the photos for a closer view!

Exciting News!

As of today you can purchase my pottery locally here in Squamish at Stock Home Design!  I dropped off over 20 platters and bowls in my leaf prints, fern prints and skunk cabbage leaf platters as well as 8 dozen large and small ceramic buttons!  I hope that this becomes a permanent location for my pottery with new pieces every month.  We'll see how it goes.

Stop by the store as Elisa has lots of wonderful items to decorate your home.  A great place for the summer wedding gifts!

New Sign for my Studio

I just received a photo of my new custom sign for my studio!   Check out Coral's Esty Shop TheSnowShoeLoft in Kelowna, BC!

Ferns, ferns and more ferns

Sometimes just staring at something all day a new idea pops in your head.  I left this on the kitchen table all day after unloading it from the kiln.  I am loving my leaf platters!  You can see more photos on my Facebook Page.  I am thinking tomorrow day in the studio will consist of long leaf platters like this one but made into wall hangings!

Mason Stain Experiments

Instead of going big like I always do when trying something new, I thought I would start small with one colour of mason stain to see how it would work out.  I purchased 1/4 pound of black-brown mason stain and mixed it with slip.  1 cup of slip plus 1 tbsp mason stain.  The colour ended up being a dark charcoal grey.  I chose a darker colour as my glazes are quite opaque so I wanted it to at least show through.  My experiments showed it was bland behind brown.  Kind of interesting behind green but when it was behind my blue glaze it turned into a really funky brown-gold.  We'll see what else come out of this one mason stain before I buy some more.  Below are some of my test tiles.

Green that is both Lovely and Gross

My green glaze is absolutely wonderful flat and just an ugly mess vertical.  I have been calling it my acne glaze.  I have resigned to the fact that maybe it can only be used on flat pieces.  Click on the photos to see them larger and you will see what I mean.

Before and After

Some shots before and after felting a bag.  The green bag on top of the purple gives some perspective of just how much it shrinks during the felting process.