Medium Bowl #4

The theme for today's posts is going to be purple. I've been working on some bowl forms lately, and this one happened to turn out okay:

The runs accent the inside well. You can't tell much by the picture, but there is a bit of unevenness at the bottom of the bowl. I'll need to work on that as I make larger forms:

Flower Dish #5

Here is another from the flower series. I'm finally starting to get the hang of glazing these so they actually end up looking like flowers with a solid center:

I really like this deep purple/black combination. You can see a bit from the side too in the natural light:

Spade Dish #2

Here's another spade dish, this time in green and blue hues. The green color is sort of mossy, and the blue is light, like the sky:

Here's another view from the side showing some of the detailing in the run pattern:

Spade Dish #1

This is a new shape I've been experimenting with for small dishes. I like that the wider surface area on the bottom allows some interesting color combinations:

Here's a view from the side that shows a bit more of the brown/green undertones:

Ying Yang Platter #11

Today's theme is green -- for some reason I've had a lot of green pieces come out of the kiln lately. Perhaps it was the summer inspiring me, or some other muse who thinks there should be more green in the world. Anyway, here's the latest in the ying yang series. I made this specifically as a wedding present for a friend getting married next month:

I think the runs turned out fantastic on this piece. The form is also really great given the others in the series - very little warping, and an even tone overall. Here's a close up:

Bamboo Vase

This is a hand built piece in traditional celedon glaze -- I wasn't too excited about the section of the course on hand building and pinch pots, but I thought I'd experiment. This particular piece elicited a lot of odd looks from folks as they were saying "I'm not sure you're supposed to hit the clay so hard it indents..." The result though is quite nice:

The lines in the pot give it a bamboo texture, especially with the variation of color from the green glaze. From the top here you can see how I opened the pot.