Kiln Opening (owls, mushrooms, and fairyhouses)!

The last Kiln Opening for the Art Festival this weekend, Saturday September 16th, 2023. If you're local, I'd love to meet you. The Art Festival is located in Springville, UT from 11am to 7pm at 110 South Main.
Lots of witchy, funky mushrooms, fairy houses, and apple bakers. Some misses but also a lot of wins.
To learn how I make my witches you can watch the tutorial here: • Witches!
Music composed by Melody Reid.

[@alfavan31]

I love that your kilns are named after WILLOW characters ❤

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Lol, I love that you got that. When I eventually get a small tester kiln, I'll name it Willow.

[@kim.1968]

Love, Love, Love. Best of luck at your show.

[@finklepottery704]

Omg that kiln packing is next level. Lol. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing !

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Lol, love the challenge of packing a kiln. Your results on both openings this week were awesome!

[@sharonpieri1896]

Love the mushrooms done.

[@felicitavelez-laboy2284]

I so enjoy your videos and tutorials. Your pieces are extraordinary. I am not doing so much pottery, because I am terrible at painting them. But, I still enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Thank you. Yes, glazing is a learning curve on its own.

[@dianebroad940]

So many beautiful things 🤩. I would be keeping the cookie jar too 🤣 stunning! Love the fairy houses and mushrooms. The big plates/platters are fabulous too. So glad the cake stand with pumpkins on it came out perfect in refire. 🎉. Hope you come home with nothing but money in your pockets from the show 🤞🏻.

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Thank you!

[@sharonpollack1119]

Your husky is so cute. We have a husky Malamute who loves spending time with me in my studio in the basement. I love the fairy houses.

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Thank you. Rinka is a husky/malamute and Casstille is full Siberian husky. They make life sooo enjoyable.

[@jhenniceamorrow5936]

An entire kiln of treasures!

[@BrokenArrowPottery]

So cute! Just adorable!

[@kathyhuse9021]

you are so creative. thank you for sharing

[@patspotpage]

I love that frosted mint on the Terra Red apple dish! Too bad about the crack. But the refire on the pumpkin platter turned out great! Those price signs are a great idea, and would work well as table place markers as well...maybe slightly smaller. And FYI, if the glaze isn't crazed, you can also use a sharpie. It cleans off with Lysol on a glass or acrylic surface. The platters are beautiful. Have fun at the fair!

[@cariadwales1979]

So many lovely items. Cant wait to see your film of the show and let us know how you got on with your ceramic price tags! Good Luck at your show xx.

[@crystallarson5872]

The fairy houses are just amazing.

[@SoulHavenPottery-gt2gf]

ok...you're still an amazing pottery machine but, I feel much better knowing that many of your pieces are from 2021/22, lol...so darling are those fairy houses!! The Autumn purple and pearl white...Love that combo! I am obsessed with Autumn Purple and I've used it with pearl white but in combo with many glazes at once! I really like just the 2 together and the 2 fairy mushroom houses are wonderful and oh my gosh, so many cute things that I can't decide on a favorite. Great idea on the price tags!

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Thank you and autumn purple is quickly becoming a fav.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

I wish ur knees to heal well.🐦🐦🐦👰👰👰💜💜

[@candystamping4552]

Love the fairy houses!! 😊

[@SP-zb2fx]

Hope your show was Awesome and your hubby is okay. Can't wait to here how your show went!

[@katlady5000]

Great kiln opening. Good luck with your show. Bummer about the cookie jar. That was gorgeous.

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Not a bummer for my daughter-in-law. I asked her if she wanted it and she's thrilled. So it's a win.

[@katlady5000]

@@hobblecreekpottery It's a wonderful cookie jar I'm sure she will enjoy it.

[@tegannottelling]

Cant wait to see the filing of the show. Will be completely amazing considering your products!!

[@ejshipley-sb9mz]

Your kiln openings are so joyful and positive, I watch them in the morning with a coffee to start my day and it’s the perfect start! Good luck to you all at your fair, looking forward to seeing your set up xxx

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Ahh, thank you!

[@Deem57]

Don't beat up your pots when the lids are stuck! Freeze 'em. Put them in the freezer overnight. The stuck lids will come off a lot easier.♥

[@corryg6403]

Great kiln! I have just started useing spectrum glazes and loving them and the price Autum purple is my fav. Good luck with the sale

[@hobblecreekpottery]

It's quickly becoming my favorite too. It's just so pretty. Love their prices. I hope they stay that way.

[@lisabroussardjanuska6774]

So many beauties in this opening….oh and those mushrooms though, ❤❤❤!!! Annnnd the pumpkin cake plate! I loved so much, I wish I could be a patron at your sale!!! No need to wish you good vibes or luck, you have a great deal of wonderful items 😊😊😊

[@DandelyonDawn]

Your style is so beautiful and whimsical.. I adore every piece

[@SoulHavenPottery-gt2gf]

gorgeous mushies!!! love your glaze choices for them...they will sell like wildfire!! I have to get ready for work now, so will have to watch the rest later!! Can't wait, your kiln openings are so fun😁

[@stacywilson4066]

Everything looked beautiful. It was so hard to watch you take the cookie jar lid off😅

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Sooo stressful!

[@Mariede425]

OK, so its Saturday morning and you are making my brain explode....I want to make EVERYTHING you have in your kiln! I'll be getting my hands in clay from today until next-forever (just made that analogy up) You are amazing with your inspiration, talent, creativity....just everything you do is AWESOME Thank You!

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Ahhh, thank you sooo much. And I love the analogy. Sums up my goals in life. 😀

[@carollemus6887]

Love every one of them❤

[@rokoroo]

I'm late to the party on the plates on posts discussion, but why not fire them flat on a shelf? What an amazing kilnload of color! The glazes came out fantastically!

[@hobblecreekpottery]

It just came down to me trying to fit in as much as I can.

[@MOLLIMEDIA]

Nice kiln load! Gorgeous glaze colors, too. I love the intricate fairy houses and am very curious how you applied the the Rose Quartz glaze. I can’t get mine to look like that. I hope you have a wonderful show. I wish I was there. 🙂

[@hobblecreekpottery]

I brushed 2 heavy coats of the rose quartz and fired to a cone 6. It surprised me how beautiful it turned out.

[@MOLLIMEDIA]

@@hobblecreekpottery Thank you so much. I’ll give it another try.

[@RachelNicoleLyn]

Hello! Your work is amazing. I'm especially curious if you'd be willing to share how you price your fairy houses? I Imagine they take hours!

[@lindagoesel3815]

I have never seen those apples you make. What's you do or use them for. So pretty. Love ❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤ those mushrooms, even the tilted ones. Good stuff. Hope hubby is improving, mine not so much. Better or worse right!!!*😂

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Better or worse is right. Sorry about your hubby. I hope we both see better soon. The apple bakers are for putting a cored apple on the post, filling it with sugar, cinnamon, butter, and baking it. I plan to try some soon.

[@lindagoesel3815]

Sounds absolutely delicious. I'll have to look for one around here and try it. Thanks, hope sale goes will and you come home empty bin-ed.🥰

[@maryglancy9024]

Unfortunately we don't have square posts in England don't know why good luck with show I am also getting ready for a show I am doing the battle of Hastings selling my pots❤

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Good luck with your show.

[@SP-zb2fx]

Good luck to you and your students!!! Hope you sell all your items!!!! Love the mushrooms!!!❤❤❤ Please have a tutorial 🙏 on the Apple Bakers!!! 😮😮😮 Does the black velvet underglaze on the owl, (I am assuming it is Amaco)come out like a satin finish or am i seeing things? What temperature was it fired at? Very Cool!!! Sandi

[@hobblecreekpottery]

It was a cone 6. Yes, that black Velvet is gorgeous without glaze. Not food safe, so when I do it, I make sure it's on something someone won't be eating off of. I do it a lot on witches, too.

[@normajohnson167]

Love watching your videos. I've been making fairy houses at a local studio here in the UK. How to you colour them after bisque? Do you use underglazes plus transparent glaze or do you use just colour glaze?

[@stikaeric4301]

Owls are cute but the beak is way too big. Name them Jimmy Durante. Very cute though. Glazes are awesome.

[@trinelabori1130]

Very lovely pieces ❤. I have a question about the cake stand? How do you avoid sagging around the rim? I have now seen a couple of cake plates at our community center where the rims are sadly sagging quite a bit. Love your videos.

[@hobblecreekpottery]

The base needs to be wide enough where it attaches to help avoid that. Clay with grog helps, too. Though mine was bmix. I think fluting the rim helped.

[@trinelabori1130]

@@hobblecreekpottery thank you for your answer. I will pass it on to the makers of the cake stands 😊.

[@heidicash5897]

Ok so in the dinosaur plates she did the black underglaze and then colored glaze over the top???? And it doesn’t cover the black??? I have a piece I’m wanting to do that in but not sure how. If you could explain that I would be ever so grateful 😊. Have a great show!

[@hobblecreekpottery]

She uses the black Velvet underglaze from Amaco and then covers them with Amaco celadons.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

How much is apple? Bowl?

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Do you still have zee 🍎 ?

[@roadmap5351]

Hi, this is Jamie again, have you found any colors that don't work well on terra red? I've got mostly Amaco, Mayco, and a few spectrum glazes

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Celadons don't, and some light colors because the Terra red is so dark. I've mostly used Clayscapes glazes on the Terra red and they all work.

[@roadmap5351]

@hobblecreekpottery2921 I was hoping to buy nebula from clayscapes but it's not even listed. What other ones are your favorites from them on terra red?

[@hobblecreekpottery]

@@roadmap5351 Arctic blue is my absolute favorite in the Terra red. That's a bummer about Nebula. I know they have been having trouble getting raw materials. All the good stuff is going to tech.

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Coastal blue is a winner on everything.

[@roadmap5351]

@hobblecreekpottery2921 what do you think of shadow blue? I'm thinking of buying 10 lbs of dry glaze, maybe of coastal and artic, then maybe 5 of shadow...would you change that at all?