April 4, 2008 More inspiration for your Green Glaze name. Also note the new variation that Aurora created near the rim on the small inverted bowl. You may notice the rolled rim(s) too. I roll the rims on some bowls to make them stronger and more durable than the thinner sides. Aurora has an uncanny ability to choose the best pots. Some (like thicker pots) she will avoid entirely?

February 18, 2008 At last some new pictures. See the picture properties for more information. Green Bowl at the bottom is the Name That Glaze Contest Prize (or a pie plate). See Home Page for for more Contest Details. Aurora is still with us and the Blue still unpredictable. The wheat glaze is consistently pleasing to me.

September 24. Some samples from latest kiln offering. Pie plates, bowls and pitchers. The pitchers bottom picture shows one of the challenges of working with Aurora. This volatile glaze often runs onto the shelf sticking the pot on the bottom.

August 14, Samples of plates and platters with new patterns and some nice inny bowls. Note inny bowls nest nicely and go nicely in the centre of the large platters for dips and sauces. Aurora outys below are photographed together to show both sides of these bowls with rolled rims. 

July 31. Aurora never ceasing to amaze. Red and gold like never before. Never had element burnt out before either. New Blue (former big blue) and green true to form.

July 29. Trying to capture the essence of some amazing plates in morning light. See all eight and close ups of some.

June 30. Note new cosmic patterns in plate design. Goblets are the best I've made and with Aurora ....should make any wine taste better.

June 9 and 19 some samples of what is being produced at Heaven In Earth Pottery.

May 17 th. Sometimes opening the kiln is like Christmas morning. The Chorfest platters are to commemorate the annual BC Choral Federation event. This year's "theme is music reaching to the core". Note the apple on the left of the platters.

April 27 on the left to May 09. Some inny and outy bowls plus  cannisters/storage jars in the greenware stage drying on my ware cart before their first (bisque or lower temperature) firing and on the right after their glaze (high) fires. Note Aurora variations on Innys on far right. Bottom centre picture is taken with a flash.

April 14 Another "After" a picture is of the bottom shelf with stacked plates (below the shelf of pitchers). Note the plate with my well clay sample glaze (brown matt at bottom left) - watch for future developments. Aurora was everywhere this kiln load. More "after" pictures below.

Inside light (first picture) and outside light show pots from the latest kiln opening in full digital colour misrepresentation..

April 10 th. "Before" and "After" picture of a family of bisqued clay pitchers covered in powdered glass forming minerals in a kiln awaiting the fire then what they become "after" the magic of fire. The kiln Gods and Aurora did favour them.

April 01 No Fooling a new glaze load. Aurora taking on new and more complex hues. First picture taken inside the studio, the rest outside in the sun.

March 22 I've added a few new pictures of The Name That Glaze and a few shapes I haven't made for a while and some very nice mugs. The butter dish lids and bases are glazed (and fit nicely too).

March 5 &12. News Flash ....Kiln Gods reveal further evolution in the 9 Moku Glaze.  Name That Glaze Contest  won already. See home page.. Lower picture is 9 moku glaze mixing. Note the red iron. It'll stain your clothes. Bisqued  (previously fired) pots were then dipped into the mix and set aside to dry. Glaze is a combination of earth materials which will form a glass with the same thermal expansion properties as the clay body and mature into a durable and attractive surface at the same temperature.

March 3, A few more pictures of the process of pottery making (in my studio). First is clay which is million year old mountains ground very finely. It has to be dried and mixed to the correct uniform consistency. You have to imagine the throwing or look at the video on my home page. Second picture shows the trimmed drying pot's foot ring. This completes the form and plants it on the ground from which it emerged.

Note: The pate dish lids are thrown on a separate batt. All of my covered pots which include casseroles are made this way to minimize handling after throwing since I glaze and fire the lids separately from the bottoms. Any residual tension in the clay can cause deformation in the glaze firing especially without the mutual support of the lid and pot together. For me the pot is more functional and versatile with a complete glaze and  worth the extra effort and expense. The second picture shows pots drying and waiting for sanding. Slightly more interesting than watching paint dry because the background gives you an idea of what is behind making pottery here at Heaven In Earth.

February 8 to 14th.  kiln load sequence. First is greenware (raw clay) drying after being trimmed and sanded. Next is same pots loaded on shelves in the kiln for "bisque" firing. Finally the finished products . The platter is 16 inches in diameter and makes a versatile serving combination with a small bowl in the centre (not included). Note:  "New and Improved" plates stack even better. Coming soon to a sets near you.

2007 January 24th. French Onion bowls for the 112 Restaurant in Revelstoke and more nice little bowls and refired lamp bases.