New Year, Back from Hiatus

It's a new year, and I'm back from my temporary hiatus. Over the holidays, I didn't do much studio work, and haven't had much of a chance to kick things out at my normal rate over the past couple months given my increased work responsibilities. But, I'm back with a few new pieces - and hopefully they will continue to grow over the next few months as I head into summer!

Another setback was that I got a new computer - which means I've been trying to learn a whole new system and software. Thus, until I master IPhoto the way I had mastered Picassa, the colors might be a little wonky in some of the pictures for a while.

So, welcome back! I've cleaned out the archives so that only what I feel are the best representative pieces from 2007 are remaining. Here's to creativity and artistry in 2008!

Medium Bowl #6

Every once in a while, a piece comes out of the kiln that I fall in love with and I deem it one that has to be "kept in the family." This bowl is one of those pieces:

I wasn't too sure how the pinkish/green combo would sort out, and in all honesty, I wasn't originally too crazy about the form, so I decided to experiment with it.

The outcome was a highly intricate layering of the greens and pinks, a bowl just large enough to use as a serving bowl for a family meal, and one that will stick around in our family for some time.

Desk Bowl #6

This little desk bowl turned out quite well. The form is a little narrow at the bottom, but the glaze distribution of greens and blues more than makes up for it. Perfect size for holding all sorts of desk items:

Here's a closer look at the inside. Not only do the blues and greens match well together, you can see a bit of the reddish tone that emerged in the secondary ring toward the middle:

Partner's Favorite #2

Since partner liked the first abstract form so much, I thought I'd try another one. This one seemed to turn out well - the angles are interesting and the glaze colors were nice.

Here's the view from the top. I actually just gave this piece away to some students to auction off for cancer research. Apparently, they got quite a bit for it, so that makes me happy.