A pair of vases with celadon green glaze. The color reminds me of celery, except against this orange background they look like ribbed cacti.
Cactus/Celery Vases
August 2010 –
Spines & Shino
August 2010 –
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:
Tiles
July 2010 –
These are decorative wall tiles with some crazy undersea shapes on top. The glaze is of an unnamed color, but it’s got these subtle silver starry splashes that I really like. Maybe you can imagine these glimmering by a benthal vent.
Milky Pitcher
July 2010 –
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
February 2010 –
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!
