Details

First Name

Steve

Last Name

Arsenault

Nickname

sjapottery

My Ceramics

In the studio I like to do

Throwing on the Wheel

Pottery Wheel

Shimpo VL Lite

Clay body

Stoneware, Porcelain

Clay Brand

Laguna, Standard and PSH — still experimenting to decide which speckled buff I like best and which marbles well with porcelain

Kiln Type

Electric Kiln, Gas Kiln, Raku Kiln, Wood Fired Kiln

Kiln Atmosphere

Reduction Atmosphere, Oxidation Atmosphere

Temperature

^6 and ^10

Glaze

I am mostly use commercial glazes right now.  Mayco Blue Surf is wonderful on pieces where the glaze breaks — I get a nice range of brown, blue and green. I also use Amaco Snow Celadon on speckeld buff pieces and like how the speckles show through the glaze.

You can buy my work from

sjapottery.com

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