Lookin for some hot stuff...

  Are you all singing disco tunes yet?  I can't help but do so whenever I start to think about these trivets!  It never fails when we all get together for a Holiday the table fills with wonderful family recipes there isn't enough room for everything and Grandma's antique table inevitably needs to hold the overflow.  (insert shameless Hilton Homeplace Cookbook plug here, available at www.hiltonpottery.com)

Sure you could use a pot holder...but why not a beautiful pottery trivet?  So I set out to make some!  It was a lengthy process, but a lot of fun!  First there have to be molds...

Now we are ready...so let's mix the plaster and be ready to pour...(and I mean ready quick because it sets faster than you can imagine, which I learned the hard way...both figuratively and literally) 

Next you have to peel out the goodies and see what you're left with in the negative space!  

Next comes the fun part...add clay, smooth the backing and use those "rice bags" we made in a previous blog post to ensure they all dry flat...a crooked trivet will do no good. 

Off to the bisque kiln!  

Now for some glaze...and another firing! 

Open up the enemy's lid, and see what we have! (The kiln is the enemy) 

Not too bad!  Now let's repeat this process a few times and get ready for the October 8th Sale!