F A U X - B O I S - C A S S E R O L E

and the wood goes on...

I liked this piece a lot. my friend, erin snapped it up to give as a retirement gift, so I might have to make another once I start back up in the fall. for some reason when I tried making the casseroles this time around, they came out smaller than I had hoped, so it might be a good exercise for me anyway. or I'll just cheat and hand-build the whole thing. this is actually wheel thrown AND hand-built; I threw a doughnut shape for the walls and then flattened the sides out to make it rectangular. ish. then I attached the bottom and handles by hand.

since erin had to leave in a rush, and this piece had only been sitting on my bookcase for WEEKS, I didn't get measurements, but I managed to snap a few decent pictures. I think it's about 7 inches wide x about 10 or 11 inches long (including handles) and maybe 3 inches tall.
the outside is pure white matte and the inside is pistachio.
signed and dated february 2010.
$35.

S O L D (05.27.10)

F A U X - B O I S - P L A N T E R - 0 1

I admit it, I was initially disappointed in the results of this one. this was another case of the pot shrinking more than I expected. (I expected a big planter, not a medium sized one.) and I think somehow it got smooshed in the second firing, so it's slightly more "organic" than I had intended. but then it grew on me. enough to make me question whether I should just keep it for myself, and then to make a second attempt at a bigger one (which I'll get around to revealing someday...)

anyhow, I can't get enough of the fake wood effect. I did a fair few pieces this session with it. (also to be revealed at later dates). and I can't wait to see this planted with something. as long as it's not ivy. that would gross me out.

this planter is 8.5 inches wide at its widest and more like 8 inches where it got smooshed x just over 5.5 inches tall. so it would fit a gallon nursery plant. I think.
I rubbed it with iron oxide before glazing it in pure white matte. that helped make the "faux bois" (wood grain) stand out a bit more.
painstakingly hand-built and signed, february 2010.
$35.

S O L D (05.27.10)

A S T E R I S K - B O W L

you may not know this, but there's this thing I do a lot on my pottery. a scribble thing. I don't have a lot of it documented on this site, but I do it a fair bit - evidently on pieces that slip past me posting them for some reason or another. anyway, you can see it here. in my experiment-with-underglaze-pencil-drawing phase, I decided to give some scribbles a try in another way. and here they are. I kind of like how they turned out and how they look like I drew them left-handed. while hanging upside down on monkey bars. drunk.

this bowl is a decent size. not huge, but not small either. kind of like what you'd put a big bunch of grapes in. or rice for a family of four: it's 6.75 inches wide x 3 inches high. the outside is a new color for me: pippin green. and the inside is perfect white glaze over black underglaze pencil (which turns blue in the firing process).
signed and dated february 2010.
$20.

S O L D (09.02.10)

C H O C O L A T E - W I T H - D R I P S

I thought about making this a "B is for bowl" and drawing a B on it, but changed my mind just before glazing. and this color combo is one I can't seem to get enough of. it always turns out beautifully. well, in my opinion it's beautiful. I guess I should say it's a fairly reliable glaze combination.

this is a medium sized bowl: it's 5.5 inches in diameter x 2.75 inches tall.
the outside is chocolate brown underglaze and the inside is pure white matte, with drips of aqua gemstone glaze.
I threw it on the wheel and it's signed, february 2010.
$20.

S O L D (04.15.10)

" A " - B O W L

get it?

I was inspired by the letter "a" hanging above my friend sam's desk. and, well sam's art. sam does lovely things with type. and other things too. and when we showed together, it was magical. okay, it was pretty cool and I decided to give it a shot. I like how it turned out, but am not sure I'll go further with it, at least in this style. maybe with the black wax or some inlay. mostly I was bummed out about the green glaze drip on the corner. the color was an experiment, which albeit beautiful, was also a bit runny. thankfully, sam didn't care; she bought the dish. (thanks, sam!)

wouldn't you know, I forgot to measure the dish before I sent it on to its new home. it's about the same width as the long trays I've made, so I am guessing it's about 6.5 inches wide x about 1.75 inches high. and the length... maybe 8 inches?
I used black underglaze pencil to draw the "a." when covered with perfect white glaze, it turns blue. magic! on the outside, I put scotch pine over vanilla cream. (I think. I'll have to look that one up.)
hand built. signed, january 2010.
$20.

S O L D (03.18.10)