As anyone who knows me from Clayworks know I am a texture nut. Well it follows me in my photo playing around as I develop 2d textures from photos I take. This photoshoped image, believe it or not came from the next image. Sometime in the future this abstract photography will be a part of my 3d clay adventures as well....somehow.
This is the original image shightly adjusted in Photoshop.
For the guys and gals who enjoy flowers as much as I... just a little beauty I captured last Sat. morning. And some snaps too.
Took this photo this week, as the contractor just finished construction on this office retail building in Mint Hill. As an architect I mainly design churches but this was a three phase small commercial project that gave me a nice departure of building types. Need a place to RENT!
This is the 'home" clay fired at cone 10, See from May 4th blog (middle of three) which was fired at cone 5/6
Cone 10 fired brick clay with shino and rim with several other glazes. Note the dark foot of the cup with no glaze.
Last night making some test vessels from new NC clay I found on trip last week. "Star Works Ceramics". This is the only one they make now. Like the feel and workability for handbuilt, no wheel except banding wheel at home. It will fire in cone 10 white...I think.
If you are interested...
This is the NC clay with experimental "home" clay "slip" over the store bought stuff. Taking forever to dry in this weather.
I know this does not look like much to you but it looks great to me, success from the first try at local dug clay from my family home site. All three clays were dug about 100 yards apart, fired cone 5/6. All fired different colors from deep red to light brown/orange/cream.
The pinch pot was my favorite. It was the color of dark mustard before firing.
This is a test pinch cup of 50% porcelain with 50% local and rubbed black glaze for texture, fired cone 5/6. I will be trying this again with something much larger.
