I'm virtually for sale now.

You can now by a piece of me online. 'aint you glad...??  Delivery is a token $2. worldwide.

http://www.olesine.com

Stacks.

They look better upside down.
I like the feet.
Maybe this way they would make good mustard bowls?

My new bowl.

This bowl was so enjoyable to throw. Downside, the once so stable glaze has started to fail with primary crazing.
Is it because a colleague told me she was getting crazing recently. or am I just cursed to not get it so easy?

Again.

This is possibly my favourite bowl.
This is a re-shoot of a favourite shoot.

Voyeurs.

Wondering if you're still looking?

Are blogs still relevant, or should I be ditching this along with those newspapers?

a dribble.

In regards to my pots, there are times when I really like to dribble on them.

New.

Never satisfied, I'm glaze testing.

Happy New Year.

A new style merging.
A new year coming. Hope it's a happy one for you.

Mug.

One of the benefits of being a potter is: being able to make really big coffee cups. 

Foot stamp.

The foot, a stamp. The final touch. Oh, there is the glaze bit I suppose...

Triple boxed.

Making boxes is FUN when you have a battery powered circular saw.

Triple boxed.

This box also has double thick cardboard 2cm squares on every corner (under the craft paper) to give it extra crumple zone spacing.

Floating inner box.

Inner box with foam lined canisters. A snug fit.

The canisters are glued in place with industrial wood glue.

The double thick cardboard is also glued as if it were wood.

I'm no longer comfortable double boxing after seeing those DHL, UPS, Fedex and TNT people throwing parcels.
We should only have to pay by weight of product being sent. Not fair that their slack attitude costs me heaps in time and money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqJVtpyfVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueT-CAGtiqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM3SRG7D21Y

Pin holes on bowls.

At first I didn't like the pinholes.
This is a beautiful smooth glossy white glaze on any other ^10 clay, but on this red stoneware it pinholes. I assume the clay is releasing gas, but even with a 60 minute soak at top temp. it does not resolve the pinholes. I've learnt to like them now. Perhaps I will try a glaze with out whiting at some stage to see if I can help the glaze, but perhaps I'll just settle for this. It's not too bad.

Straight walled bowls, bevelled foot.

Spring footing.

Local potter.

Made with clay from my garden. Can't get more local than that!

Online shop coming.

www.olesine.com

This is where I'll have my direct from studio to you items.

Platter matter.

Glaze and form, abstract.

I have no words, it's just a visual day.

Glaze tests.

This is the exciting part of pottery for me.
Glaze testing.
Though in 48hrs. it's either tears of sadness or elation. They’re all attempting to be a clear gloss. The back two rows are a line test of a clear gloss I made up a few weeks ago; beautiful, but the melt point was just a little low. The 2nd front row is a high clay glaze w/stoneware and the front row is the same, but with porcelain (thanks Frida Birkic) as the clay.