by Jon Williams | Feb 4, 2022 | Artist, Experiments, Outside, Surface Quality, Work in Progress
My slow burning, smoke firing journey continues… One of the most satisfying outcomes has been the incidental surfaces and effects that appear when I’ve been getting creative applying a slip resist to the surface of my bisque fired ware. In an attempt to echo the...
by Jon Williams | Apr 21, 2021 | Experiments, Surface Quality
A beautiful galaxy appeared in the slip bucket lid!!!
by Jon Williams | Apr 15, 2021 | Artist, Garden Sculpture, Outside, Surface Quality
This gnarly ‘ol slab of oak has been gently decaying in the Pottery garden for the last 10 years or so. It was initially used to display several of my discovery pots – lidded, thrown cylinders containing fresh clay and a note encouraging the...
by Jon Williams | Apr 11, 2021 | Experiments, Surface Quality
These thorny sticks of charcoal are an inspiring bi-product of recent smoke firing and sagger experiments. They originated as garden waste, pruned from my father in law’s rose bush and contributed to the marks and effects on this little pot. I’m marveling at the...
by Jon Williams | Apr 2, 2021 | Experiments, Garden Sculpture, Interactive Art, Outside, Surface Quality, Work in Progress
Taking time to appreciate the subtle effects of layering and wiping away slip decoration…. At the moment, these snail sculptures are at the leather hard stage (my favorite!) and still have to dry for a couple of weeks before going in the kiln. Once...
