Here is some new work fresh out of the kiln + a week or so to clean up and mount on wire and cord. Most are ^6 porcelain, done in my electric, as I have not been in the best health (my regular disposition + car accident a few months back) to do wood firings recently. I do have a shoebox filled with bisqued pendants for the wood fire though, hopefully I will get around to it if I can feel better. As with everything, all handmade and carved by me. I started working with wax based clay and silicone at the end of last year to improve my sculpture skills and try to do some more challenging shapes when going back to porcelain. It was easier to work with on the couch too. All the shapes are my design and once the blanks are made in porcelain, compressed, and dried, I carve all the details and trim down for weight. Still trying to find my voice in electric firing, what you see is the culmination of the year of experiments and color. I used Standard's 365 porcelain for all of these, but after my last kiln load of tests will probably switch to Laguna Frost. Now that I'm more comfortable with the glazes/underglazes, clay and firing my kiln, I'll try to make some of my more detailed circular hollow pendants in Frost. Some of the images are the pendants turned around to see the other side, like the snowflakes which are double sided. I used black porcelain on a few and the decoration varies from Amaco PC/Celadon/Shino, Velvet underglaze, and Coyote microcrystals.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
New
Here is some new work fresh out of the kiln + a week or so to clean up and mount on wire and cord. Most are ^6 porcelain, done in my electric, as I have not been in the best health (my regular disposition + car accident a few months back) to do wood firings recently. I do have a shoebox filled with bisqued pendants for the wood fire though, hopefully I will get around to it if I can feel better. As with everything, all handmade and carved by me. I started working with wax based clay and silicone at the end of last year to improve my sculpture skills and try to do some more challenging shapes when going back to porcelain. It was easier to work with on the couch too. All the shapes are my design and once the blanks are made in porcelain, compressed, and dried, I carve all the details and trim down for weight. Still trying to find my voice in electric firing, what you see is the culmination of the year of experiments and color. I used Standard's 365 porcelain for all of these, but after my last kiln load of tests will probably switch to Laguna Frost. Now that I'm more comfortable with the glazes/underglazes, clay and firing my kiln, I'll try to make some of my more detailed circular hollow pendants in Frost. Some of the images are the pendants turned around to see the other side, like the snowflakes which are double sided. I used black porcelain on a few and the decoration varies from Amaco PC/Celadon/Shino, Velvet underglaze, and Coyote microcrystals.
Friday, November 28, 2014
Showing my work and Pendants @ the Lincoln Galleries in Historic Yellow Springs, PA
Will be there Sunday November 30th from noon to 4pm, not much to talk to but will show you around :) New pendants and pots.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wood kiln firing April 2013! (before)
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Mushroom box in progress
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Mushroom cluster box, root bottle
Couple pics of this mushroom type cluster box thing I made last night. Needs shaped up some more, and I will be drawing and carving similar patterns onto it as I did my other boxes. Then a picture of a root bottle in progress.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
New Jellyfish/Octopus Vases
New set of Jellyfish/Octopus graphic bottles, all hand built and carved. Not done yet though. Will cover with porcelain slip after carving is done. Sorry for the bad pictures, the designs will show better once I carve.
Pendants in Progress 2013
Couple views of some pendants I am working on during the first few months of 2013. Largest piece is about 2.5 inches across.
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