making stuff

I'm making stuff and really excited. As a new pottery enthusiast I like to test and restest my boundaries. So today I threw the largest bowl i have ever been to. It is 7' tall and a little over 12" wide. Bad ass.

foliage and birds

I was just reading a handful of ceramic blogs and got to thinking... what is the obsession with foliage and birds? I bet if there is some sort of drawing on it, it involves birds.. and some sort of plant life. :/

minor success minor failure

unloaded the kiln today, since it was a group firing not all of my stuff fit. Most of my bowls/plates/larger work was left out. I did get back a bunch of cups and some are good.. some need fixing.. with a hammer.

Since i'm working at a new studio and using their glazes it is going to take some adjusting. It's going alright, I think I should have it in a few months.

anyway.. here are some of my favorites.













I'm looking forward to finding my way, with clay.

kiln shenanigans

So I'm semi blindly go through this and I don't really mind. I love experimenting. I got an old paragon kiln last week, it's a small 1.3cu ft chamber. I fired my first bisque yesterday and it went great. I'm running a bunch of glaze tests right now... so hopefully that goes just as well.. since it's a manual kiln without kiln sitter.

We unload a cone 10 on wednesday and I should get back the most cups i've ever made. I'm nervous and really excited to see them.

yay clay.

dreams and nightmares

I've been glazing like a maniac and having nightmares about fatal glazing mistakes. It's weird to wake up in a panic that I misglazed certain bowls and rush to the studio to wash them off.

I have also been dreaming about and drawing balloons, and they have made their way onto dozens of cups/bowls.

these drawings are on a few bowls/mugs/sake bottles that will be fired this week. We load the kiln on Friday and unload Sunday afternoon. I'm excited since this is my first real run at making a lot of functional ware at one time.

yay.