Leaves and Gray

This is a great season to be outside with a camera. Parking lot with a moldy concrete wall gives that opportunity for seasonal contrasts.

If I only had the talent

Saw this on the way to office this morning, It is JUST a rock in with a bunch of old past prime roses and weeds! I would give ...to be able to create this in clay!!!

New Mixed Clay Vessels From Cone 5

New developments from porcelain 5 and home clays: free form vessel whose side walls I have tried to give feelings from looking at the photos I see of the national park canyon walls of water and stone textured thru the ages. No glaze but...

Inside the vessel is a reflecting glass pond.
The second Vessel is same clay but only surface treated with home clay complete with rocks...
And glass reflecting pool

More Photos

Flowers from the market, first a straight crop of large basket of flowers. Second is same shot on the dark side of Photoshop editing. I like them both for different reasons.

A litttle photo work

I haven't posted any photography work lately, so... A little shot I did of a wall of brick with vines and accented the textures, of course, in Photoshop.

New Class, new directions

Great new class with Julie at Clayworks. I told her I was not into the wheel now and she shared a great book that inspired me to this new handbuilt form with P5 clay. I have a second similar form with my mixing fun with 50% P5 and 50% home clay yellow. More of a purposeful cracking surfaces and breaking the edges-"grunge" pottery... More on that later.

Picture not great, cell phone pict. sorry.

Cone 10 Kiln opening for bottle and vase

Got my procelain and home clay-gray back today. great surface texture, no glaze.

Also got the blended clay, with course slice cut sides, outside with some iron oxide and glazed the inside with white.