Eggshell glazed pots

It's kiln opening time...with some nice glazes (for a change)  I can't help wanting a smooth even covering, without pin holing, crazing, or other difficulties.  Variations in color or even some drips are acceptable.

 A rim that blushes from some red, over an eggshell vase...  This is pretty close to the accurate color of the glaze.  Some of these pictures have it looking way too greenish, or way too white, or even too orange.  So just try to imagine this eggshell kind of tone.

 I was so glad to finally get one of these bowls to come out finished and alright.  The last one was broken before putting it in the glaze kiln.  I was furious with myself for doing that.

 These deep footed bowls have a foot added at the trimming stage...much more work than I usually want to do, but it's pretty.

 There are three of these tiny perforated thrown vases.  They are all about 2" tall.

I had hoped to put them in a raku kiln, but the firing never happened, and I was tired of them sitting on the shelf.  You know how long some of my things sit on a shelf?  I've got 2 plates that are collecting dust, while I wonder just what I want to do with them.

Tomorrow, the kitties that were held for raku firing, but went into a cone 6 electric kiln instead.

New bowls

This is another "second" due to the glaze not behaving.  (well, I guess I should take some responsiblity for it being so thickly applied).

Can't refire to get the craters out either, cause there are already slumps into big kiln stuck blobs...which I've ground off.  This will probably see the hammer soon.

These are the small and medium of a set fo 5 stacking bowls, done with Mexico glaze on the outside, eggshell inside, on speckled brownstone.  Three more bowls still to be fired.

In order to avoid the dred "thick glaze application" I brushed off some of the Mexico...and I like the brown of the clay showing through like this.  Not all of the bowls will have this though.

 A large bowl with Mexico and Eggshell glazes again, this time on Bella's Blend clay body.  I like that a friend called this the big Martini glass bowl.  That would be a lot of martini!

When Eggshell is applied thinly, it has the brownish specks.  When it's thick, it's pretty creamy.

 Another set of bowls that became glaze seconds, with their bottoms ground down to at least usefulness.  The Mexico inside and Eggshell outside are much clearer than in the large bowl above, and there is a lot of eggshell on the kiln shelf. 

Too bad they are pretty, but glaze can be fickle.  That's why I'm trying to just let go of my expectations.  But since it's the last step in the long process, it's really hard to say, oh dear, there goes another one....don't you know?