This was one of the pots I made in the spring pottery session. It was technically a throwing class, but I wasn’t that into throwing. I’ve been drifting away from pottery for a while. To be honest, I mostly took the class because I wanted to be near my friends, and especially to be near …
Tag: pinch pot
Aug 17
Soft Blue Pinch Pot
You can’t tell, but the rolled design on the side is meant to be dolphins cavorting in the waves. The glaze, while interesting, is too thick to show the design. I have a series of rolled stamps I made out of clay and fired that I’ve had for years. They’re great, because they make a …
Aug 12
Shabby Blue Pinch Pot
I meant this to showcase one of my hand-made rolled stamps, but the glaze was so thick that I can’t even tell what sort of design it’s supposed to be. I do like the glaze color, which I think is clear over oasis blue. It got fired before I finished smoothing it out, so it’s …
Aug 05
Marsh Pinch Pot
I made this series of small pinch-pot flowerpots because I wanted to replicate ones I’d made a decade ago to hold succulents in. After the succulents died, I set the pots outside where they got lost and broken over the years. Now I found a good window for succulents again, and I still had the …
Jul 09
Small Oak Pinch Pot
I made a selection of pinch pots because I wanted to re-create some great little flowerpots I made years ago for my succulent collection. I moved to a different house without an east-facing window, and all the plants died, and eventually I lost or the pots got broken. So I made some pinch pots, which …