Findlay Market Demo Day

Kiln Results at P.A. Lowery Art Tiles

After firing over 20 tiles, I opened the kiln on Wednesday. I delivered most of these tiles to my frame maker this week so the custom frames could be made.

Shown here are the two small tiles that I first wrote about on April 1. I am pleased with the "Fern Trail" landscape (last tile shown) but I am considering glazing and firing again, the "Oak Trail" (far right tile in second row). I want to try to see if I can soften the color of the stems and give the background a bit more color.

Also shown are a few of the other tiles (Goldfinch Duet, Ivy Frog and Savanna Tree) that were in the firing.

Stay tuned, my next post will feature something entirely different!

Yosuke Koizumi

Yosuke Koizumi is the potter in residence for Shimpo Ceramics. This picture was taken at the clay show in Cambridge, WI, 2007

Baum Pottery

Bottle in Shino glaze with kiln rust

Progress on New P.A. Lowery Art Tiles

I just finished glazing two of the new tiles that I featured in an earlier post. Here are the photos of how the tiles looked just before they went into the kiln. I am also posting a photo of a wall pocket that I'll be glazing for the Spring Fair. This piece is shown in bisque form and measures about 7 3/4". Of course, it will shrink a bit once it goes through the glaze firing.

I'll be firing the kiln tonight so I hope to have more photos by Wednesday evening.

New Springfair Artist Submissions!

Check out this work from some of Spring Fair's participating artists:

Jane Lester

Alysha Macpherson

Laura Davis

Marcia Fanthorp

New Art Tiles from P.A. Lowery

I thought it would be cool to show some work in progress.

I've been working on several new images for Spring Fair. Tonight I pulled the first castings from two molds for these new designs. The images shown are photos of the plaster molds (shown in white and red) and images of the wet red clay as it looks when it first comes off the mold. They will be fired to cone 6 and will end up measuring about 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". After the glaze firing, they will be mounted in handmade frames.

It may be hard to imagine what the final pieces will look like so for some examples of my work please visit my website!

Look for future posts as these pieces progress.