Saturday, October 20, 2007

Batter Bowl #2

I made this batter bowl for two of my friends who just recently were married. It's on the smaller side, but it's the perfect size to whip up a couple eggs or a small batch of pancake batter:

I'm really liking this glaze combination - it turns out great every time as long as you can control the running.

Spade Dish #3

Here is another of the spade dish series. This one is a nice size -- about enough for a small spoon rest. This combination of glaze was an experiment, but it's kind of fun I think:

I also made the small foot on this one instead of rounding out the bottom. You can see the contours of the lines a bit better from the side view:

Monday, October 1, 2007

Batter Bowl #1

I've been trying to work on bowls the last few weeks. I've found that I seem to enjoy two types - ones that have a fairly wide base and ones that have a fairly narrow base. The extremes of the bowl world I guess. Anyway, one of these forms takes this shape, which I call a batter bowl (although I don't put spouts on it for pouring):

This glaze combination was really successful I think. The tone of the inside has a lot of deep blue/green and black. Plus, I kind of like the feel of the piece that comes from being able to see some of the brush strokes:

Clover Trinket Dish #2

Another little one in the clover dish series...I think I like this one as much as the other one.

Of course, this glaze combination is always a winner as far as I'm concerned. The shape of this particular pattern is really growing on me too - I'm hoping to make more in the near future.