Assembling

Different parts - body, lid, spout, handles - thrown on the wheel, measured, joined together, trimmed and altered - are assembled to create a complete teapot.

Pitcher & Mugs

Ash glazed pitcher and mugs.

Bread & Butter

A set of 4 small saucers is my 'best seller' these days.

Hard Work

While working in the studio, I couldn't resist capturing our dog's (Bez'a) wise choice of passing the hot summer days.

Containing

Two new forms of containers.

Omar Khayyam

"All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the potter, pray, and who the pot?"

Another Glass Experiment

Glass

Inspired by Eileen's containers with glass on the lid, I made some experiments. My first reaction when I opened the kiln was disappointment - the glass had spread out widely, more than was expected. On a 2ed and 3rd look I started to like them. They remind me of a cosmos activity - the beauty of uncontrolled creation.

Shino Glaze

I use Malcom's carbon trap shino. This picture shows a pot glazed (after bisque) with shino glaze. After it dries a pattern appears, that's where the carbon will 'play' and decorate the pot.

Glazing

I've always wanted to try the glazing technique in which you rap the pot with rope, glaze the pot and then remove the rope to get a spontaneous striped look. This pot is meant for a raku firing, meaning the stripes now white (without glaze) should get black from the smoking.