Here's a little lidded jar I made.

Here's a little lidded jar I made. #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt #handmade

@APBBlue gorgeous shape and glaze!

Here's a little lidded jar I made. #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt #handmade

@APBBlue I love it

The lid was stuck on this one tight when it came out of the kiln. My teacher had me stick it in the freezer for 30 minutes, then pour hot water around the sides of the pot. It worked!

@APBBlue I found that sharply rapping the edge of the pot with a stick often frees stuck lids. But if that doesn't work, thermal expansion is a great tool.

@raven Me too! Sadly, this is the last of the Reitz Green. Apparently it contains an ingredient that literally is no longer commercially available -- it's been mined out of existence.

@APBBlue Bummer. This is one of the fun things about pottery, even in commercial glazes... it all depends on mined materials that have specific compositions. And you get things like Gerstley Borate where it comes from one mine, and the composition changes as the mine gets deeper, then the mine runs out and the mixing-my-own-glaze people collectively freak out. (Gerstley Borate was a terrible material anyway. Formulated replacements are more balanced.)

Here's a little lidded jar I made. #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt #handmade

@APBBlue

Lovely!

Sister has recently taken it up too, and is addicted. She has this technique where she swirls two different types if clay to interesting effect.

Her house is full of attempts that come up short, but she does get some good ones.

Here's a little lidded jar I made. #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt #handmade

Here's a little lidded jar I made. #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt #handmade

Here's a little lidded jar I made. #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt #handmade