Sep 10
I made the horizontal lines by dripping the overglaze on the side while the pot was tipped. I’d made one like this before, but foolishly gave it away. Of course, now I have the pots and nothing to put in them. I think I’ll put cactus in them, or something else that does well with …
Sep 04
I took a couple of flameworking marathon sessions at the Mesa Arts Center, and I made more fish. These are borosilicate glass. Fish are easy to make and they look good no matter what color you use. I have enough of them now that I think I should make some sort of aquatic-themed chandelier.
Aug 27
You can definitely see the Mexican influences in this piece. I found the Mexican lottery cards at a store in San Diego, and knew I had to incorporate them in a shrine somehow. I tried to catch the cheerful + morbid feel of Dia de los Muertos. I was going to go so far as …
Aug 25
This is a dish made for a specific recipe, in which you fill the center part with beer, and rest a chicken on top of it. I like to shove herb-butter under the skin and put seasoned salt on the outside. It’s quite delicious. You can also do it with a beer can, but the …
Aug 21
This flowerpot is thrown in Soldate 60. I wanted to decorate the outside with sprigging of grape leaves, but the sprigg mold didn’t cure in time. The glaze is “Kurt’s Klear” over “Plume”. The dimensions are 7 inches in diameter and 4 1/4 inches tall.
