Test tiles and garlic

After testing, testing, testing and a bucket full of slip and soda tests, I've thinned down to this small bowl. Some of these colors are what I want like the yellow on the left which is a richer slightly orange when double dipped. Problem it's a glaze with 8% stain and I'd really like it as a slip, preferably using either no stain or maybe stain with some rutile. Another possibility is to test a glaze with a smaller amount of the stain over a rutile slip to make it more cost efficient. So I need to explore those. The bright green is intended only as an accents in small doses on the exterior of some pots. Anything with that much copper is definitely not a food safe glaze, even more so in a low silica earthenware glaze.

Other than my clear glaze, I wanted a colored  glaze that I could use on my spiral mugs, and small spiral jars, buds vases, small creamers and sugars, etc. So the tealish blue one is a definite keeper. There are a couple of soft greens in the mix and I have to pick one to start, as a background slip for mugs and other small pots that will have sgrafitto, and underglaze additions. I also want to add a bit of copper to those to see if that will make them pop a tiny bit more.

My sketches are ready but I still need to finish these "have to" gardening chores today. I harvested most of the rest of my garlic this morning and got those cleaned up and as soon as I finish these buckwheat pancakes and shower I need to mix up some organic spray for my tomato plants and the ones at our sons house, and plant more pole beans for them.

By the time I get back from there I should get a bit of studio time to glaze and decorate a couple of pots before I start on dinner. I need a longer day or more energy. Come to think of it - both would be lovely!