Thanks so much for this excellent video. I've only been pottering for 7 months so now I'm learning about glaze combos and this has been very helpful! I've tried a few combos and they've all come out amazingly well.... You've inspired me to try more! Exciting times! Thank you! 👍😁👏👏👏

I can watch you all day! I think I have today!

Wel prachtige kleuren….ik heb er al veel van jou gepikt 🥂🍾mooi mooi groetjes Jacqueline uit België 😊

So glad to have stumbled across your work! Thank you for sharing!! 😊

Lois. These videos are so so helpful, love your work and love all the test tiles you have done- just bought 6 amaco glazes and am praying to the kiln gods for my firing that’s on tonight. I have used a few of you combinations thank you again .

Always like tour videos and taste in color combos. Tons Of respect that you share the color combos which takes tons of time and money. Thank you kindly.

Truly beautiful. I always take notes 😊

I’m new to pottery and I just have to thank you for all your hard work in sharing your beautiful pottery pieces and skills with us! 👏🏼 I have to tell you my favorite piece was the first one with Blue rutile and snow on top on the inside of your mug! Gorgeous! Would you mind terribly sharing how many coats of each you applied. I would be so grateful! 👏🏼❤️

I fire to ^6 also. To control it at the very end, I program the last ramp at 80* for the last hour. With the residual heat there at top temperature, firing that slow at the end allows me to control how fast the cones go down. Then I do a 15 or 20 minute hold but the cones don’t change much. It gives a real good soak at top temp without over firing.

I’m definitely a fan of the speckled clay

Thanks for taking the time to show all your great glazing results. Love you work!

Beautiful work! Everything looks so lovely together.

Once again, thank you for your inspiration and joy!

Great opening, appreciate the share. Nice to see the passion for ceramics in action.

Another brilliant result! Your videos have been such an inspiration, I’m just about ready to build my garden studio and I can’t wait!

Your enthusiasm is contagious!

Thoroughly enjoyed watching each and every piece come out of the kiln -- your enthusiasm is endearing and contagious! Thank you for sharing.

Good Job! I really appreciate you being so willing to share your combos and tests. I have been doing it about 2 years and I am so addicted, so much fun. Merry Christmas!

Wonderful! I love your experimenting with glazes! And coffee cups are super cute!

wow, what a fantastic kiln unloading! I want to say I have a favourite but they all look great ... thanks for sharing :)

Girl very nice haul!! Thanks for sharing, it gives me some guidance!!

Lois, you are a super precise person, thanks to you I am learning how to apply glazes and I can see the results. Nobody but you does this. Thank you. Nice to look at your works. Kind regards. Ewa from Poland

Once again beautiful results and thank you for sharing! Gives me so much inspiration Merry Christmas

Thanks for sharing your results! We learn a lot seeing what others have done. And you have a kiln load of beautiful pieces! Cheers! jw

Lois, I am so impressed to see how far you have come in your pottery journey! I love the coffee cups with the speckled clay. Well done you

Amazing grouping of wonderful glazing! I learn so much from you and have five pieces in our studio kiln based on your inspiration. Can’t wait to see them now!

dekuji za inspiraci 🥰 thx for inspiration, every piece is so lovely !!

Thank you! So enjoyed the excitement of your kiln opening, you got a lovely haul of gorgeous pieces and it will help me this Wednesday when I glaze! Thank you for sharing your creative process.

A gorgeous kiln load. I have only a rudimentary knowledge of ceramics and you held my interest right the way through, though I have to say as a wannabe owner and not a maker. I loved your spotty cup, the little pale pot in the middle row far left as well as too many others! The one with the bright red flower effect inside is spectacular!

beautiful glazes. I love that ancient copper and your night skies is one I'm going to try. Good luck with the lids. I hope that come off.

Ive been potting since mid September... I enjoy watching your videos, you've inspired me to do the same with the test tiles, so I'm just in the middle of glazing them and some other bisque d mugs, plates and bowls... cant wait to get them fired to see the results

Every piece u took out of that kiln was STUNNING. I like to see some of the glazes on their own too. Deep Olive speckle, indigo float & the others were perfect. Ive got a few pieces Im glazing with only one glaze. I go back and forth like u with my glazes. Some are layered...some are not. Keep em comin Lady, u ROCK!☺

Another amazing dive into your kiln. Thanks for sharing, today I've also liked your single glaze mugs, the colours are just wow. I tell in love with your red 'flower' design I think it was 3 or 4 out of the kiln. But the smoky merlo, the purple colour was just perfect. You must be so pleased

Stunning. Thank you for showing us

Beautiful combos.

Each pièces is différent i'm a new potters ans i love to do potery but i have to do my own test of glazing sometime make me happy and some time not but i persévere in my hobby. Thank you for this amazing vidéo

Fantastic kiln opening!

Thank you, brill video! So many new ideas for me to take to the workshop. :)

Oh my goodness--- I have kiln envy---- wish I could feed my kiln some Miracle Grow and get it to grow bigger..... LOVE that Blue Stone on that Grog clay---wow-za....seems you have so many good results....I unload and get maybe two or three Smiles and the rest of my items leave me scratching my head.... LOL THANK YOU for your videos---you and another KZfaqr have inspired me to try "re-glazing"...unloading my first re-glaze this evening! Thanks again for your channel!

You make lovely pottery, and I wrote down a few of your combos to try! You did your lids right, you should fire the lids on the pots (but with no glaze where they meet of course). Lids will usually pop off when you tap all around them with a wooden dowel, or wooden spoon, or the wood handle of a hammer. You can usually tap harder than you think you should ;) Good luck!

Fabulous results! Don’t be discouraged with those amazing jars. Just tap the lids with a wooden spoon and they should pop off. Be patient. I’ve done it and it works!

Bravo!!! They are so beautiful!!!

I saw on Matthew Kelly's video where he actually addressed the issue of how to get the lids off. I forgot what he said because I don't have those issues. You might want to watch and ask him. Just a suggestion. Beautiful as usual.

Some potters on YT will put combo names , OVER/UNDER NAMES WITH # OF COATS AS they show the piece (text goes over video). We can take screen shots and have a crisp library of glaze samples. Maybe you can learn that editing. It is brilliant! Thanks.

When lids are stuck... place in the freezer for at least an hour... then lightly tap with a piece of wood or rubber hammer! Be sure to put foam underneath while tapping so your lid won’t break when it pops off.

Inspiring work!

The kiln creates a suction where the air is sucked out of the pot. Gently tap the lid with a wooden spoon to release the vacuum seal. The lids should pop off

If you haven't figured out how to get the lid off yet, I use a flathead screwdriver and very gently put down in the edge and carefully twist. As long as glaze isn't the reason it won't separate, it works greatl. If screwdriver is too thick then try a dinner knife.

Thx for this overview!

i have started firing the lids separately. so far so good.

Did u film breaking ur pots??? It wuld b a great blooper!!😁😁😁😂😂😂🐯🐯🐯🐯🐒🐒🐒

Oh no not wax resist on lids...never do that again, your pieces are so beautiful!!! thank you for sharing your learning with us!! Subscribed Lois

Fab U Lous!! Very exciting kiln opening. I love the red combos. Did you fire the test tiles inside the pots? Have a wonderful Christmas and good luck with the lids ☺

Dat een deksel niet loskomt hoe goed ik ook oplet altijd een tegenvaller dan nog liever een puntje dat ik kan bijwerken met acryl verf

Glorious.....

Lovely work - how many layers do you typically use on your coffee cups! Fabulous!

Another thing is waxed with wax mixed with some aluminum Hydrate, you waxed that mix on the gallery and the lip of the lid, just becarfull not to get glaze on the wax. The glaze will bubble on the wax. 🤗

Tap the lids with a wooden spoon handle all around the top.

Was going to ask in 545 is that ancient jasper and solar orange? On the inside did you do solar orange and the rim with ancient jasper and oatmeal or just ancient jasper and solar orange? Really neat how they react.

How do you find the time to do all this pottery and also the video editing. I am amazed

Hi! Love your stuff. Would you please tell me your firing schedule? Hold? Cool down period? Thanks!

Will you please share the name/brand of the red glaze from the top shelf? Thank you for your video:)

If you use a generous Batt wash on the cookies its easier to get the pots off the cookie I have successfully done this on several occations.

What speckled clay are you using, lovely work. 👍

Tapping gently with a rubber mallet often works.

So beautiful! 💙 May I ask which glaze was on the bowl at 7:48? (black&blue)

Hi Lois, Please could you tell me what temp you fire your kiln to when using Amaco potters choice glazes. I’ve been having problems with pinholes and I’m firing to 1240 Thanks 😊

Knock with wood, usually that do the trick. Good luck 🤗

I lightly tap with a rubber mallett

Please tell me what kind of matte black coating (name) at 10:00, sorry for my bad English. Lovely job

Did you wax the blue dots ?

Lovely bowls at 7:45 to 8:10 . What glaze combination inside ?

Were you firing to a cone 6 initially, or a cone 5?

Just tap the lids with a small hammer.

Not hard. Just a light tap.

There should be an epilepsy warning on this video. That flickering light make it unwatchable. :-(

Beautiful. I have a suggestion on the stuck lids. If you take a grinding stone and rub it on the bottom and then pat the bottom of the pot the shock will usually pop off the lid. But not if it is glaze stuck. I learned this from another potter many years ago.

I love how the glaze makes the lava fleck clay look like enamelware!