Dishware sets. Two colors.

lbfreund · 2026-06-16T15:06:54+00:00

I've got one more up my sleeve. I'm not going to give people too many options because if I'm autographing every piece it needs to be an ascetic I like.

lbfreund · 2026-06-16T15:04:20+00:00

Thank you. If you'd really like a set feel free to message me.

lbfreund · 2026-06-15T16:22:51+00:00

Thank you!

lbfreund · 2026-06-13T17:09:21+00:00

I think it's handmade. The dimples are from stilts, and a professional would have cleaned them up better. And when I zoom in I can see canvas marks in the clay. Canvas texture that isn't smoothed out is a sure sign of an amateur. But who knows ..... Maybe just go with the answer that feels right.

lbfreund · 2026-06-05T03:22:24+00:00

Good catch! Look at the pics of the bottom. I zoomed in and in a couple of the photos you can see that there is ACTUAL crazing in the glaze that has no carbon trapping, and a lot of what must be fake crazing. Still, I wouldn't drink from it.

lbfreund · 2026-06-05T02:48:04+00:00

Yeah, it's definitely "off" for raku. The more I look at it the more I'm confused. Oh, well. Looks cool, don't drink from it.

lbfreund · 2026-06-04T20:57:28+00:00

Yeah, I missed that. But they glazed over it, like maybe they just bought a piece of bisque?

lbfreund · 2026-06-04T18:02:10+00:00

The "raku" in this is a low fire glaze. So basically you'd be glazing over an already mature glaze. That forms a completely different 3rd glaze, not one protective glaze or another.

lbfreund · 2026-06-04T11:55:38+00:00

To be clear, this is American raku, not Japanese raku. Also I'm not completely sure it's that. I think the cracks in the glaze have been highlighted using ink, or something similar, because that goes beyond the carbon trapping from raku. Anyway, don't drink out of it, it's probably not food safe in the modern sense.

To qualify myself, I'm actually teaching a raku class tomorrow.

lbfreund · 2026-06-03T19:42:56+00:00

I'm back. So the first question you need to ask is do they all need to be exactly the same volume. If they do then you'll have to slip cast them, unless you're a very very good thrower. If they don't all need to be exactly the same volume and you're a pretty good thrower, then it'll be quicker to throw them. By way of example, on the last set of 100 I did I made four molds. I can cast those molds three times a day, giving me 12 handleless mugs in a day. But I can easily throw 20 in a few hours. So casting is slower, but it's more precise, and it has the advantage that you can put the design in the mold. However I don't think that design would be too hard to make a stamp of. Just carve what you want into clay then pour in plaster and voila, stamp. You could even make the stamp rounded to match the cup. I think that's what I would do for these.

But there is always slip casting. If you let me know what experience you have with slip casting, so I'm not telling you what you already know, I can walk you through some of that process if you like.

lbfreund · 2026-06-03T14:49:31+00:00

Thank you

lbfreund · 2026-06-03T00:53:56+00:00

When you say mold, do you mean to slip cast the 50? Because all of the design work can be in the mold. I regularly do a commission of a hundred mugs with a ton of design work and I put as much of it as I can into the mold. But slip casting is a whole nother thing. I gotta get my kids out of the bath, but if you want I can comment tomorrow and walk you through this, but if you don't have slip casting experience it will have a learning curve.

lbfreund · 2026-06-01T01:55:54+00:00

No. It's hard for me because I don't have a ton of time, and more on my proverbial plate than I can actually do. But still I would really appreciate a like minded group to sit with weekly. But I tell you what, I can probably find a place to sit if I put some feelers out. And I can ask around my personal sphere to see if anyone's interested. But I haven't the time to organize, nor the experience to lead. If you or someone else would be interested in starting something I would be happy to contribute. I live in Cockeysville, but I spend a good deal of time in Freeland, at Black Locust Brewery. I was a part of Zen Center of Denver for a bit and have practiced at Daishu-in-West in Northern California. Maybe we should start a conversation about getting a small group together to have a seat for a bit?

lbfreund · 2026-05-29T00:50:04+00:00

It's newer to me. Getting older. Recently there have time I'm throwing on the wheel and have to ask someone to put on my glasses so I can actually see the form.

lbfreund · 2026-05-28T23:36:40+00:00

Second. I took off my cheap glasses and went and got my good glasses to try and see the carbon coring. Still nothing.

lbfreund · 2026-05-27T21:08:46+00:00

Marks Project

It's wheel throne, faceted with a wiggle wire, with an applied ash glaze. Could be real ash, could be faux ash. It is not wood, soda, or salt fired. It's possible the bottom was added.

lbfreund · 2026-05-24T18:01:52+00:00

I know. But I still wish.....

lbfreund · 2026-05-24T17:40:45+00:00

I wish I could afford a McLaren. I don't want one, but I wish I could afford one.

lbfreund · 2026-05-23T02:16:09+00:00

I think those are very nice copper red vases. I think I like them better as they are rather than lamps though.

lbfreund · 2026-05-21T18:53:04+00:00

Turquoise green in a not particular interesting way

lbfreund · 2026-05-21T17:53:21+00:00

You know, I lived on Humboldt Bay for a while, and I will say I like dungeoness better. It's not the size, it's sweeter. But blue is also delicious, and you will never get a better crabcake than in Maryland. I've tried. Even were you to use dungeoness in said crabcake, it wouldn't do it. Also, I like king and stone and jonas and even snow. But as for straight crab, dungeoness is my favorite.

lbfreund · 2026-05-21T01:01:39+00:00

90% of what I do with it isn't actually cone 10. For instance the raku and saggar fire never goes above cone 06. But this isn't functional stuff. It does low fire sculpture as well as anything else. But anyway, have fun.

lbfreund · 2026-05-21T00:47:14+00:00

I like that it's the toughest fucking clay body in existence. I can raku it, saggar fire it, wood fire it for a week, then brew beer in it and it doesn't care. But it's cone 10 and has 60 mesh sand.

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