Small pot

I made this one on the wheel. I was having a good throwing day. the thing I really like about it is the glaze. I actually took time to glaze. Sometimes you get busy making things that when it comes time to finish it and glaze you are so tired that you just want to dip it in what ever glaze is handy. But when you take your time it turns out better.

Variations

These are variations of the smaller winged sphere. These are bigger but not better. I like the frame that the white wings give the one on the left it has a nice shape to it but I don't necisearily like the feel of the finger-like wings. The other one is too flat

Winged sphere

Interesting concept and a work in progress. I had this image of a perfectly round sphere with these wings breaking through and flowing out of it. I think it would be more impressive on a grand scale. Like one of the big bronze sculptures. This one is the handheld version.

the wings don't line up and they are not supposed to

Geese

Egyptian geese: the assignment was to take something from art history and make 3 original pieces based off of the art history. I chose a fresno from egypt of some geese.

this one is cone 10 and the mot unique of the group.

This one was the first one I made. This one looks most like the fresno. However, it was extreml frustrating to make it standing up therefore the other 2 are sitting. this one is cone 6 glaze I believe.

and last the cone 4 goose just plain and simple.

brass

Yes I do use other mediums! This one is brass. My first experiance casting brass it is a very different process.

Cups

The first 2 I did on the wheel and the last one is coils it is part of a set.

Cracked

I made these eggs with the idea in mind that I would use some white crackle Raku glaze. I saved broken eggshells to go off of.

No glaze on them yet but they are still cool.

Plane Vase

This one is so cool! The idea came from a paper airplane! Yeah that is right Paper Airplane. I was bored at work one day and made a paper airplane. As I unfolded it I came up with this idea.

It was to be a vase that could hold flowers tall to small. I tested it out and it worked fairly well. I think the next time I will have to make it a bit bigger though.

Can you see the plane from this angle?

Pine Cones

Inspiration again from the pine cone, however, the pine flower came from the top of the pine cone and these ones come from the bottom. If you flip a pine cone over you will see that rather than pointing outwards like it does at the top the pines start to go inward. hard to explain but fascinating to see. I built these going from the outside layer adding the next inside and kep going till there was space left only for my finger in. These are small medium and large versions. The smallest is raku fired, the medium one is cone 10, and the largest is Terra sigillata.

Pine Flower

The idea for this came from a pine cone. the assignment was to find something in nature a design or shape and create something based off of the object. And so came to be the pine flower.

Goose neck pitcher

The idea for this one came from a doodle as do most of my ideas. I really liked the shape and curves how they flow together. this one is done all by hand using coils and shaping tools The handles were an after thought mostly for support and decoration. I do like the criss-cross in the front. similar to the other pitcher that I made. The criss-cross pitcher came first.

Multicolored

this is one of my more successful attempts on the wheel, I am more of a hand-builder but I am learning the wheel. Anyways for the glaze on this one I used an eye dropper and squirted the glaze in splotches. very cool effect.

Criss-cross Pitcher

This is the criss-cross pitcher. This is one that I actually dreamt about. I had a dream one night about all these different designs for pots and when I woke up I drew the designs as best as I could remember. This design could be improved upon. But I like it and as you can see I use it again in another project.

Twisted Square

Square on top of square each slightly rotated, this vase was inspired by the thought of a water fountain and how it would drip down the sides. That is what I chose to do with the glaze I started with a glob on the top and let it run down which ever way it wanted to.

Dreamers

This is the Dreamers pot. It has a girl on one side and a boy on the other. They are closing their eyes lost in their dreams.

In between them is a quiet mountain scene with the sun rising over the peaks.

Bubble Bowl

This is my bubble bowl. It is the first bowl I threw on the wheel and the shape of it is just perfect I love the curve on it. However not being so adept at shaving and making the foot of the bowl I dug a little to deep and there is a crack in the bottom. It is still useful for holding non-liquid items. the glazing happened by pure accident, I first dipped it in a pink glaze then immediately changed my mind not wanting a pink bowl I dipped it in a second glaze which when placed on top of the pink made the beautiful blue you see here. the problem was that it was too much glaze and ran a bubbled.

slideshow pending

I was planning on getting a slide show set up to display all my masterpieces but I have not yet figured it out and I am currently quite frustrated with the whole thing therefore slide show is pending.

about

I am creating this blog to show off my art work. I plan to get pictures and a slide show soon. I love working in ceramics. Pottery is my passion. I love to design flower pots/vases that have a uniqueness to them. I get my inspiration from everyday objects and little doodles that I do when I am bored. My notebooks form college are littered with them. I have lots of ideas and tons of new things I would like to try. Of course once you try one path you find so many side roads. Possibilities are endless. So Clay is by far my favorite medium. I have also done some steel sculptures, rock carving, watercolor, and batik. I would like to improve my painting skills, therefore I plan to work on some watercolors. If I could have my own studio to work in it would be heaven to me.