Archive for June, 2009

New Work 6-27-09

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

A client requested 2 colendars. I had never made one before but had an idea of what to do. My main concern was how I would place the holes and how long it might take to poke all those holes. As it turns out it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined! I thought it necessary to create a 3 pointed design so that I could easily place the 3 feet. I made 4 colendars so that my client would have a choice of color. Here are two of the colendars.
colendar green with copper brown rim
colendar white and blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a bucket of glaze that has just accumulated unused glazes. I tried it out and got a nice blue violet. Here is a platter with the glaze surrounded by the runny cream color.
platter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps my favorite glazed pitcher EVER!

pitcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, I love the idea of a carafe with stackable cups. This is one of the 3 sets I just completed.
carafe with stackable cups

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Summer 6-20-2009

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

As a teacher I have the good fortune of enjoying a summer break. This is a great opportunity to focus on the pottery. But the first challenge is getting my workspace organized. On the first day of summer, my neice Kathy and friend Scott came over to give my garage a make over! After a couple of hours of sweat we moved tools to a new storage shed, put a ton of unneeded stuff on the curb and  rearanged the workspace.
Garage workspace
garage right

The new space has provided more shelf space and a better work environment. I am really enjoying it! Thanks Kathy and Scott!

 

 

 

My Boxes
My display is made up of the same boxes I transport my work in. I made these boxes out of old fence wood. I get excited when I find a neighbor replacing their fence! I gather some pieces, cut them to size and carefully assemble them into these boxes.
cut wood fence
Completed boxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once a box is finished, I use a stencil cut out of a file folder to spray the logo onto the box.
stencil

 

 

 

 

 

 

One more thing I have been working on is a glaze that gives me some movement. So here it is on a stein.

Runny glaze

The glaze on top gave me some good drips but the color isn’t that interesting. I will try some oxides on top and see what that does in my next firing.

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