I made this ambiguous spiny vessel out of brown stoneware, with a shino glaze. I sprayed it liberally with water siphoned off the top of the glaze to give it more carbon-trapping powers. And trap it did! I really love how each little spine got way oxidized, and how it ended up with a perfect smoky rim. I also love how each spine has red around the edges from the raw stoneware. It usually doesn’t turn out that red. More views:




Below, see my N most recent works of all varieties. Choose a category under "Portfolio" on the left for more organization.
Spines & Shino
Tiles
Milky Pitcher
Birthday present for my mom, who loves pitchers, vases, and the color yellow. I am taking a super great ceramics class at the Hyde Park Art Center, and this is my first completed piece. The pitcher is slab-built, and the glaze is “mamo yellow”. I’m looking forward to improving my technique, but this is not too shabby for now. It certainly beats the time I gave my mom a rock with ice cream sprinkles glued to it.
Sponge Vase
My first-ever ceramic piece is this spongey vase. My friend Erica had an amazing birthday party at Lill Street Art Center, where we all made little rad projects. The Lill Street people glazed & fired them for us, and we got our creations back a few weeks later. Now I’m using this guy as a vase for some “lucky bamboo” (which is not bamboo at all). It really brightens up my office!

The Beat Dolls
Parallactic
My dear friends at Parallactic Consulting revamped their image with a new website and logo (which, unlike the previous logo, is not a diagram from SGL’s BA).
Stemming
Logo created for Stemming.org, an upcoming personal project of Clara Raubertas. It’s a networking site for women & girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), so the visual play on plants & growth was a clear choice here.
Nautilus/Bananas
Open Produce
Logo designed for Open Produce, a somewhat community-effort open-source grocery store in Hyde Park.








