S K E T C H - L O O K

forgive me for my lack of postings. this batch of photos unfortunately needs color correcting, so it takes me longer to put them up.

regardless, here's one from the history books. this is a medium sized bowl I made a couple of years back. I think it's a good example of how nice clay can look when just glazed in transparent gloss. but I'd be lying if I said that's all I did; I put iron oxide on it first, which gives it that sketchy look. inside is "pistachio" glaze.
I don't have measurements: I sold this one (thank you, michael) before I thought of doing that. wheel-thrown, signed and dated (with proof this time!), december 2007
S O L D (01.22.09)

R U S T - B O W L

here's the bowl I made to match the last listing (R U S T - C U P - S E T). they are lovely all together (if I do say so myself!)

the bowl is 5 inches in diameter x approximately 2.75 inches high.
it too is hand-thrown, then faceted (also by hand). it's signed and dated, november 2007.
$15

SOLD – also gifted, with the rust cups. (04.29.09)

R U S T - C U P - S E T

they aren't REALLY rusty. but they are faceted. and just nice. I made a bowl that goes with them, but don't have time today to post photos of that. maybe tomorrow.

one of these is 3.25 inches in diameter x about 3 inches tall. the other is more like 2.5 inches tall x 3.5 inches wide. it's very difficult to throw even sizes when you are first starting out, and I'm better at it at times than at others. but I actually like the slightly off sizing. really. I'm not just saying that. they stack nicely, and it's kind of a japanese female/male thing to do. not that I have any japanese training or anything. but whatever.
hand-thrown, then faceted (also by hand), signed and dated, november 2007.
$30 for the set

S O L D – er, gifted really. (04.29.09)

L E A F - V A S E

sorry I have been absent for a while; I was out of town last week, and honestly, just a slacker the days that I wasn't gone. but I'm back on track now!

this is a good example of how I get inspiration from many places. this one: this I got from a rug. (ha. bet you thought I was going to say "nature" or something cool like that. nope. a RUG.) I saw the design on a rug online, grabbed a jpg of it, changed the color combo, and drew my own leaves, and and lo and behold, we now have a vase with leaves on it. here are a bunch of photos so you can get the full picture of the design.

3 inches in diameter x about 6 inches tall.
I hand-painted the leaves in orange and chocolate brown underglaze. then covered the whole thing with a transparent gloss glaze.
thrown on the wheel, signed and dated, march 2007.
(it's like its anniversary!)
$25

C R A C K L E S

of the tiniest kind

moving on to another fancypants pottery trick, here's a bowl with a crackle finish. the way I did this was to throw a pot with thick-ish walls, then paint it with a darker colored slip. I did this one with a fairly thin coating, so you can see the darker spots are where the slip was thicker; the lighter spots were the thin application. you can see my brush strokes.

after that, I painted on a clear, MAGIC sticky substance and let it sit for 30+ minutes so it hardened, kind of like a shell. after that, I spun the bowl again, carefully NOT touching the outside, and pushed the walls out, so they bowed outward and the shell cracked.

every variable in this scenario makes for different cracking patterns, thicknesses, color difference, etc. so it's fun to see what happens in the end. always a surprise!

the bowl is 6 inches in diameter and about 3.75 inches in height.
since I carved grooves at the bottom, I applied a rusty looking stain called iron oxide that gave the bottom the black sketchy look. then I coated the whole bowl in transparent glaze.
hand-thrown, signed and dated december 2007.

S O L D (03.09.09)