Oct 01
I think this is the least impressive of the three rocks, but it does complete the set. Like the other two rocks, it sits flat, which is a nice bonus for if I want to put flowers or candles in them. I have not yet used them. Like many of the things I create, I …
Sep 04
This is the second fake rock I did. I wanted the three of them to be as different from one another as possible, except for the glaze color and the concept. I started, again, by smashing the clay against a tree to give it texture, and then I put it on the wheel to carve …
Aug 01
This looks a lot like a smiley ball without a face, doesn’t it? I wanted to do something as close to a sphere as I could manage, just because it’s pretty easy and it’s sometimes nice to have a heavy ball to roll around in your hands. I coated it with red iron oxide (as …
Jul 25
In the pottery studio, there used to be a postcard with a photo of this really cool freaky hare sculpture. Naturally, when I went looking for it to use as a reference, it had mysteriously vanished. I did this anyway, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I wanted that weird blobby texture …
May 13
The photo on this didnt’ turn out as well as I had hoped, but it was either take a crappy photo or not get it photographed at all, because I’m using my table for another project. This plate is actually twice as large as the others, because I used a larger meat tray.
