Next Steps

A little photo dump from the last few days at the Fish Factory - Creative Centre’s ceramics studio.

I’ve tackled next steps with the black porcelain pots. Like with my traditional white clay pottery, this has involved trimming, darting, scalloping and refining the lid and feet of the work. A couple of pieces also needed handles pulled and attached. Today I’ll decorate them – using some new slip colors and new designs I’ve been working on since arriving at the residency.

Did you catch the mention of new slip colors? Since arriving in Iceland, I’ve been taking lots of photos of the landscape which has me dreaming about layering this new black work with colors like those that layer the volcanic earth of Iceland. Thankfully, I brought extra slip with me – the pink, yellow, and blue that typically dots and decorates my work.

With these being pastel versions of the primary colors of the color wheel, I decided to do some volumetric blends of the colors with 1 part Pink to 1 part Yellow, then 1 Part Pink to 2 parts Yellow, etc. The different blends were painted then on test tiles made from the black porcelain I bought from Glit ehf. Looking forward to doing more of this when I get home when I have access to more mason stains and start playing with the glazes that with finish this black work.