Yesterday I started doing some survey optical microscopy to help select a sample or two to prepare for electron microscopy. It tends to work best to start with a piece that's already relatively flat, so I immediately thought about the top surface of the lid of this container: The above photos were just taken with… Continue reading microscopy 1
We unloaded the kiln train yesterday and it was a great firing! Below is a gallery of photos of some of the pots, and at the end of this post I feature one that might be my choice for the tokonoma installation. It is a bit on the small side for what I had in… Continue reading fired pots
This week I was fortunate to be able to fire a number of candidate ceramic pieces for my BMAI project in a wood-burning "train" kiln at the Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Center (@cobbartandecology). There were just two of us sharing the kiln space and the work of the firing -- me and my friend… Continue reading firing
Intermateriality:Redox 