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Thanks Julia , felt quite a 'cute' opening this time lol. Mugs were all a success thankfully. Hopefully will have chance to edit some reels and footage of the wedding mugs soon. Xx

Lol, easy to miss, it was pretty short and sweet! Gutted about the handle crack but it wasn't my usually application technique so lesson learnt, but its currently making a nice paintbrush holder in the studio 😀

Thanks Michele. Mugs all turned out brilliantly. Such a relief!! Hoping to post a video of the finished pieces and process. Just need to gets some time to do the editing lol

@@FarForestCeramics I figured they turned out fine. If I remember correctly your son’s wedding was a while back? Or was that the other son? Lol

I know! How sad was that! They all turned out great thankfully and I've got lots of footage I need to edit to show you the finished pieces, including in situ in Italy. Just need to edit the footage x

They were very popular with the children at the craft fayre so thrilled with that result. All the mugs were a success thankfully. Will do a separate post about them and show the finished pieces. Just needing time to edit and post lol

@@FarForestCeramics oh that is wonderful to hear! Thank you!

Hi both and thanks so much. Definitely a cutie kiln opening this time. The cress heads and magnets turned out to be a great crowd puller at the fayre. Super fun to make too. Makes me wonder how they would work as a mug too? What do you think?

@@FarForestCeramics​​⁠I have done cat mugs where the tail is the handle and they are very popular so I’m sure they would be too

@@mudmagic407 Thats a cool idea. I may have a play next session in the studio :)

Lol, it felt a cute opening, if there is such a thing! The animal cress heads and magnets were very popular with the kids xx

Awh thanks! The magnets were very quick to make. I fortunately have a slab roller so with an even slab. Cling wrap before cutting out they were a dream to make. Glazing took more time buy I love the outcome. The mugs all fired perfectly and I was so relieved. Everyone at the wedding were very appreciative and loved them too. You can imagine my relief x

Thankyou! I do love how the stroke and coat planter turned out. Enjoying the flexibility retirement is bringing although I've no idea where all the time is disappearing to lol ;)

@@mudmagic407 lol, can't believe you've gone back to the very start! Lol

Thanks, I was surprised how much I liked the pastel too. So used to vibrant colours, it's nice to see something more delicate ❤

Hi ,sorry for delay in replying, don't know how I missed this comment. The best orange I use is Mayco Stroke and Coat Tutu Tango. I have the speckled variety. It's a georgous orange and made softer shade when applied with some honey flux.

Thankyou, can't wait to glaze the rest of them now ;)

Thanks Michele, great to test out before running the full batch through a glazing session. I did feel naughty firing such a small kiln load though lol

Thanks Nat, always love a test kiln opening, you never know what you're going to get do you. Retirement feels pretty awesome to be honest just finding my self busier than ever lol! Xxx

Thanks, looking forwards to glazing the full set of cress heads now, given me better ideas of which glazes to use. Excited for retirement plans!

Thankyou xx

That's so lovely to hear, Thankyou :)

Glad you like them!

Its a surprise fab combo, one of my favourites now. Will try to show our dogs on a future video if I can :)

LOL, I just wish I could remove the frosted lemon drip! It is growing on me though :) Took some grinding to save those two mugs, but the diamond disc on the turntable took the 'grunt work' out of it for me, and got there eventually. Fortunately not had too many need dremmelling, and feel for your hubby :)

Sorry for delay in replying, been away for a couple of weeks. I don't try to add suspense I promise, its just a usual potters mind before opening the kiln isnt it lol. Would love to hear how you got on with your new spectrum glazes, I've not tried any of those yet. I dont sort my chips by tones, and I'm always intrigued why there is o much blue in them, as I use a complete blend of colours. I'm guessing the colours may change as I progress, I just have such a big tub that might be a while! I save all chips automatically! The only thing I do is have 3-4 pots of water to wash my brushes in, and sort them by colour tones (of the colour of the glaze before firing) not sure if that has any impact? May have to go in hubbys garage and see if he has an angle grinder I can use for my shelves.... :) Thanks for the comments and feedback, always appreciated xx

@@FarForestCeramicsall the results are in my last 2 kiln unloads including big shout outs to u in #90!! I have another unload coming today too! Can’t wait for your next vid xx

Would love to see how you get on with that technique. Always love the surprise element chips bring :)

Oh Nat, I feel for you binge watching my videos...you must have had headaches after that...I do talk a lot! Hope Trace is recovering well after her surgery. This glaze combo is one we use in our home which has stone walls inside and very rustic, so it works so well. Would love to see some of your results :)

⁠oh noooo u r one of my favs now seriously! Love yr vids! U can see my results on my unloads incl shout outs to u on #90. Can’t wait for birch to arrive to use my jungle gems chips!!

Your way too kind! Thankyou. Definitely will go check those out, thankyou. Are they on RUclips? I feel a binge session coming on tonight too lol xxx

Yes mud magic #90 has shout out to u xx

Thanks so much, I appreciate that. Apologies for delay in replying, been away for a couple weeks x

Isnt it just amazing! Tooke me by surprise the first time I tried it!

Hi Nat, lovely to meet you and thanks for the reply. The excitement never wears off does it lol. Thoroughly enjoying the learning process and journey, its never ending isn't it lol xxx

Of course! I'll just need to rewatch the video to remind me which s/s referring to lol. It was a while ago I posted this lol

It was to do either the glaze recipes etc. I’ve just been taking photos & noting the glazes & clay used in a notebook x

Hi, so pleased you've found it helpful. I'm thoroughly enjoying the glazing journey. Interested to her more about the course. Is that quite local to you? I'm guessing over a few weeks? Still trying to find something local for me to attend. Having your own kiln was a game changer for me, excited for you x

The course is a 4 day course … it can be residential but I live only 25 mins away …. x

Where are you based? I’m between Portsmouth & Chichester

I'm still learning very much, and I find this helps me understand what is able to be saved and what not.

Hi, lovely to connect with you too! The good results are made more amazing by the bad results we all have. Like you say it helps us learn, improve and learn from each other :)

Took me a while, but got there in the end lol

I love that description 😂 !

I was very concerned Initially but the cookie had protected the foot thankfully. Once I got that off it was a much easier problem. Mind you lesson learnt on that glaze combo for future!

Thankyou, took a long time grinding though! Lesson learnt 🙂

@@FarForestCeramics you are welcome

The low fire clay was the brown ovals. All the mugs were in Stoneware. I just glazed too heavy/low down on the green mugs sadly. The brown mugs were a different combination, Manganese wash and then mayco smoke. I'm still enthralled with Chips and they don't lose their interest with me yet. But why is their colour always blue lol

Thankyou. The Manganese wash were stunning, especially as the light caught them. A change from my usual colour pallet 😍

@@FarForestCeramics Yeah iTunes but totally worth it😊

All a great learning curve and enjoying the ups as well as the downs. 😊

Smoke is a Mayco glaze.

So sorry for missing your comment. Yes they are both Mayco. Georgous combo isnt it!

So much easier on the wheel. I add water too, but find spraying it with a water sprayer works quite well as can do that more often at the same time as grinding.

Yeah!!!! After an hour of patient grinding and dremmelling....the will teach me lol

Hi, I added the Manganese wash directly out of the mayco pot, didn't thin down at all. Its a pot called 'Mayco Manganese Wash'. Quite a solid line, but only one coat. then applied the smoke over it.

@@FarForestCeramics Thanks Jeanette, I was making up my own now I know why it didn’t show up as well as yours. Will definitely buy some😊

I appreciate that thankyou. Still very much learning but so pleased how they came out!

Thankyou, a close shave with nearly losing the mugs, but still got to salvage the kiln shelves LOL

Hi, I purchased the grinding disc (I believe it was a diamond core one) but it didnt come on a bat, it had an adhesive backing to it - so I chose to add to one of my Hartley & Noble bats so I can use in my 'over the wheel bat system'.

LOL, this one had me pretty nervous I have to be honest. Never fail to excite me with a kiln opening :)

Thanks Julia, the refired dishes are growing on me - just wish I dint have the 'unique blob of yellow' on the one LOL. Loving the manganese mugs too - what an impact from a simple glaze application!

Thankyou, was so relieved I managed to salvage better than anticipated. Took ages though! LOL I'd love some advancer kiln shelves but currently considering getting a larger kiln so question is do I wait and get them for the larger kiln? Can't remember if this sanding disc was diamond core or another brand, but I've used it so much. May have to invest in more at different grades! Always so many more things to invest in LOL!

LOL - hope its not that gruesome :) Hoping to start posting more regular going forwards...just retired from full time job = more pottery time hopefully?

@@FarForestCeramics no no . I LOVE them all!! Looking forward to many many more from your creative vault.