Santa Clara and Temescal this weekend October 29 & 30

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        Geri took some video of me throwing "Pearls," my glaze application tests and delightful artwork. I throw these miniature pieces in the widest possible assortment of shapes and contours. During firing, as gravity tugs the molten glazes downward, the randomly applied layers interact differenthly on horizontal and vertical, concave and convex surfaces. 

        The finished pearls are beautiful little pieces of pottery, and they stimulate new glaze effects for everything I make.

        We are exploring my process of glazing these Pearls. I start with an example of a tried and true color combination from earlier experiments on a couple of mugs. Then I explain my process of applying the glazes in a complicated process of "Informed randomization". Right now I have 12 glazes mixed, which can produce up to 1,728 (12 cubed) possible combinatios of three-way glaze applications. 

         I have a sense of which glazes have proven themselves overlapping on my various current glaze effects. As I choose which color to apply next, there are a lot more untested options than tested ones.

        The blends I especially like, I will begin applying on many of my mugs, bowls, etc..  It will take hunders of applications over months and years to fully explore each intruiging pearl color.