{"id":582,"date":"2011-09-29T11:10:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T02:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/?p=582"},"modified":"2011-09-29T11:10:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T02:10:05","slug":"shelf-space-and-more-food-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/shelf-space-and-more-food-dishes.html","title":{"rendered":"Shelf space and more food dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the wood kiln and trying to fill it, there is not nearly enough shelf space (or ware boards) in the studio. My neighbor has a small grove of bamboo up the hill, and gave me permission to cut down a few for building a ware board frame. Here in the pictures it is mostly finished, but still needs about 2 more tiers added higher up.<\/p>\n

I moved most of the new pots out here, and it freed up all kinds of space in the studio, but there is still a shortage of ware boards. Cheap plywood is still about $10 per sheet, but it looks like I’ll have to bite the bullet and buy some soon.<\/p>\n

The oval dishes are the next run of food dishes. They look really good with Chosen Karatsu glazing, and also with iron brush deco under a feldspar glaze. The clay is a new one I’m experimenting with, bought from a clay specialist, but after trimming these I don’t think I’ll use this again, at least unaltered. Wedging in some sand might perk things up a bit, but the basic clay body is pretty boring by itself. We’ll see, it might have really great color in the wood kiln and that makes up for a lot.<\/p>\n

I had a lump of left over sandy clay that I wedged in near the end of the run. From the looks of some of the trimmed feet, I could have done a better job…<\/p>\n