Raku and sculpture results

My second ever Raku, step in right direction. Thanks to class partners who took out for me!
A little detail of one side. Again as my theme: texture and experiment.
Here is a better sculpture photo I took today from gas firing several weeks ago.

Home clay and more

A request from my kids to make shot glasses, made this morning from porcelain.
Home clay fired at cone 10 , this test tile will be a start of others. (see below) added a slip of brick clay and copper and iron oxide too.

This home clay tile has a 1/3 home clay,1/3 cragyc= c., 1/3 porcelain, with brick slip and heavy porcelain slip at bottom edge. Will add more texture stuff after bisk fire.

Same clay mix as above with porcelain on surface.

Had a spare old bookcase become available so, made a ceramics show and tell at my office. I guess I could say my office is gone to pot... This is maybe 25 to 30% of my stuff. Maybe I need to put a "For Sale" sign up.

Little clay, a little play

Put a little slab bottle together last night with a small brick clay wash at the top

And a little spider web photo and abstraction fun from a weekend shot. click to enlarge.

"it is just dirt"

Quote from Julie, my first pottery instructor, "It is just dirt."  That is sooo right.  Spent some time last night making some home experimental clay mixture, by first screeding the dry clay/dirt thru a double screen to get the roots and rocks out before making a workable texture, see my earlier blogs . Did about 15 to 20 lbs. It fires cone 10 to dark rich color.

New stuff from the Gas

This is a new departure from my small experimental stuff, sculpture.  I tried to produce out of texture and a little color glaze an interesting piece, What it means to me and you...?

The blue is from a blue glaze with addition of clear and yellow glass, which was designed to melt and flow into the interior of the piece, It is glazed inside as well. The glass formed a great little "pond" on the inside of the base when you can get the sun just right to see into it. Very geode like.  The hole is filled with glass/glaze now but light can still be seen coming thru.
This is a experimental clay Ive been working with, the glaze in the interior is great, I think. I just hope I can do it again.  The pinch pot outside is just iron oxide except for the rim to express the rough texture of the clay body and the clay itself.