: Dharsi - Viewing Profile

I am experimenting with sieved (not washed) wood stove ash. I am attempting to get a little rim action in my glazes. Someone suggested that I dip my just glazed rims into sieved ash and the damp glaze would cause the ash to cling. Well cling it did and now I am wondering how much is too much! My instincts told me to knock some off, which I have done, but before I fire I wonder if anyone has tried this before and how much ash is too much.

I have put all the dipped pots on one shelf so if I have any "run off" it will only trash one shelf. There is just something unappealing about grinding shelves in 90+ temps.

Glazing is my least favorite part of the process. I should be firing in salt/soda/wood but oxidation/electric is what it is, so I need to make the best of it. I'm thinking I should try spraying my glazes and therefore am on the hunt to arm myself with the perfect gun. I did a cursory search of the archives and didn't have anything pop up so I thought I would ask what types of spray guns people have used to glazing and their favorites. I haven't bought one yet and I would love to be able to start out with a good one instead of buying six and then finding out which one I should have bought from the get go.

Also while I am at it, I used a wax resist over an oribe glaze and it changed the color of the glaze, not pretty. Suggestions on benign resist products please.

My gardens and the woods around me are full of interesting leaves. It got me thinking about how I could incorporate leaves into my glazing and decoration. What have you tried and what was the outcome?

I was chatting with a potter friend today and mentioned that I was looking for a glaze to use on the rims of some pieces that would run. Her suggestion was to use a ^6 glaze over the ^10 glazes I already use, just on the very top rim and fire to ^10. She thought the ^6 glaze would run in drips. Anyone tried this? Pictures? Horror stories?