Fire and Moss
So I haven’t posted in a while it feels like. But I have been going to class! I just forgot to post pictures from class for a while. The K9 Kibble Bowl survived firing, but it developed quite a crack; A lesson for me to compress properly when I make a bowl that big. Its glazed and turned out great. I was very happy with it, and it had an interesting firing.
On to the pictures.
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- New Stuff
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- Green Stuff
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- Candleholder
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- Thick Bowl
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- Thick Bowl 2
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- Thick Bowl 3
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- Candle
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- Candle 2
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- Candle 3
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- Doggy Dish
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- Doggy Dish 2
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- Doggy Dish 3
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- Plant Pot
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- Gooey Green Pot
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- Gooey Green Pot 2
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- Plant Pot 2
Blue
Nothing was leatherhard for me to trim. So I ended up getting some more experience trying to throw a large vase, and glazing C5′s dish, so I may actually get it back before mother’s day. hopefully. I also got my little canopic jar back. Very happy with the amber celadon exterior / violite interior.
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- Canopic Jar
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- Canopic Jar
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- Canopic Jar
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- Doggy Dish
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- Doggy Dish
nice spheres
We learned how to throw spheres in class this week. which I’m extremely excited about because of some designs I have on the back burner. ( Ok, I instigated the lesson in lieu of having another trimming demonstration ). While I forgot to take pictures of my first two balls ( one of which i cut off a little too short… so it ended up being more of an upside down bowl… ) I did go back Thursday and throw another five pieces: one enclosed shape like a sphere but with a stem/handle still attached, a thick bowl that i just like the shape of, two pots for some houseplants I got and a fifth shape that was another design from my back burner. So I’m content at my productivity this week.
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- assorted stoneware
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- assorted stoneware
mugs and jars II
i stopped by the Y on sunday to get in some open studio time. Glazed a few things, and saw waiting for me on the tray: my mug and jar. left them so I could show the turquoise effect to the teacher… and because the jar needs some grinding. it melted down too far. =(
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- Black Mug Exterior
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- Black Mug Interior
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- Turquoise Jar Side
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- Turquoise Jar
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- Turquoise Jar Interior
Lorica Squamata
Piecing together Lorica Squamata or Scale Armour, was how I spent my afternoon, keeping my hands busy. While I was at it, I threw together a bracelet of blackened steel links and glow in the dark white rubber rings.
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- Neon Bracelet
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- Chain Bracelet
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- Scale Shirt
Mugs and Jars
I did a very sloppy job of practicing 2 color glazing for the interior / exterior for the first time. I used an untested turquoise glaze over a celadon glaze for my jar, and st. john’s black exterior with a glossy white under reeve’s green interior. unfortunately i forgot to put a resist over the celadon on the jar to get the separation i wanted on the exterior, and i managed to get some splashes up into the interior both times.
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- Jar
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- Turquoise splash
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- jar foot
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- lip
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- Interior
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- Mug
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- Mug
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- Handle
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- Mug Interior
no class
Its passover, and there’s no class at the Y this week. But i did submit a drawing for a small competition at paizo.com
Rummy-Tum-Tugger
Here’s Rummy-Tum-Tugger, the Eidolon for a developer’s Summoner character.
i like dogs… for dinner
I was a productive little motherfucker… after breaking the 4th saki cup and having to throw a few new ones in the hopes that i won’t break it this time. I also ended up trying to throw a food dish for one of my mom’s dogs. hopefully C5′ll appreciate it { Cee – Five . yes. its the dog’s name }.
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- Spring & Winter
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- Throwing off the Hump
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- Doggie Dish
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- Urn
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- My Favorite Bowl
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- Spiral Bowl
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- Dream Cup
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- bowls
I got my burnished stoneware vase back, as well as two of my saki cups. waiting till I have a few more pieces to glaze. I see now what they meant when they gave me funny looks for trying to burnish stoneware =/ . I still like it, it’ll be a fun piece.
Also got my three glazed pieces from a few weeks ago back. The Kanji in the little cup bled a little. Note to self: leave some more room for painted on kanji to breathe.
fall
managed to eke out the Fall saki cup. my clay is getting pretty dry, and i’m starting to worry I won’t have enough time to finish summer next week.
I’ve also found the application to go to Tokoname, JP for next year. Its a five week study abroad program. I only get three weeks of vacation. I probably won’t get in since I’m still just a neophyte in the pottery world. But it would be awesome to go back to japan and see Tokoname again.
Fall saki cup
winter-spring
This week brings pictures of the mug, as well as two out of the four saki cups that i rescued from the recycle bin last week. I’ve already trimmed them down ( and one fell off the wheel, i hope i was able to repair it enough and that it dries properly =/ ). I’ve carved japanese kanji for Spring and Winter into them. They’ll be a full set eventually , spring, winter, summer, fall.
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- Mug
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- mug
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- spring saki cup
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- winter saki cup