The question always comes up. What Would make a Great Mothers Day Gift. What could be more unique than a piece of Studio handcrafted pottery? One of the things that always intrigues visitors is to see where the artist actually creates the piece. Many visitors to my gallery love to come out to
Hand made pottery mugs after they made on the wheel. They are in these are in their first firing known as bisque firing before they receive their glaze
Shelley has been very busy.+The first batch of Beautiful handmade pottery mugs are ready.
Here they are after coming out of the kiln for the first time.
Temperatures will reach over 1000 degrees F.
In this phase the moisture and any latent chemicals in the clay are removed
Handmade pottery mugs with glaze waiting for the firing
The next phase is to glaze them to create the beautiful colors .They will go into the kiln again for 12 hours and reach nearly 2000 degrees. If you could see in the kiln the would look like glowing molten glass