Some new ceramics pieces

Still continuing with some texture plates and small cups. Plates are combination of white and black slip and green mason stains and added native clays.

Cups are brushed and fingered with white slip and clear glaze on the inside and lip. Outside is stained with oxides over the slip.

A few photo posts today

This week has been an interesting early morning walk time, cell phone picture.

And a few of my abstracts, first of a red maple along the walk to the office and the second a fuzzy weed outside the pottery studio.

Weekend and this weeks clayventures

This weekend was a slow day of sales but had a good time with potter friends. I had a couple of tables.

And this week finished 3 new wall disks and hung them in my office to see how it would look.

And a photo of my new "clay family" of creatures for sculptural fun : )

Great Firing today

Got some new stuff today. Big new textures and direction.
Working on disk fired with black glaze and white porcelian and local field clays. Will be a part of four wall pieces

And a new textures for a vase, texture from the root of a wisteria.

And a clay family of texture guys.

and a Vase with light brushed black and white slip over brown body clay.

     

A few photos from a gallery show

Was in a gallery show in downtown Monroe several weeks ago and the location was an old upstairs abandoned building.
The textures and colors were exceptional.
And one Block away the outside of a building was clad in various types of stone....textures too.

Photography activity last several weeks

The last several weeks have been slow on the clay/ceramics but have been active in the photo front in several different areas.

More seed pod photos in macro.  The colors and textures, I just can not stop taking photos...

Atalaya Festival in coastal SC took some ceiling shots of the old structure, liked the color /textures

And a walk in early morning (6-7am) on park trail.

runners ahead

empty trail ahead

surprise bloom along trail

New photo this morning of seed pods

Was at my morning walk at the local park and noticed in mostly dark (6AM) conditions some "flowers" on a nearby tree. I grabbed a few and got to office to study and photo them. Very interesting color and textures.  They will eventually turn parchment color and be mostly translucent when dry.

Kiln opening 9.10

Got some new ceramics out this weekend and was pleased with some not others...par for the course.

First is my little cup with riverside grit clay and a brush of porcelain slurry, glazed black and wiped mostly off.

Some home clay with wiped black glaze outside.

Home clay with matt burnished and oxide rubbed interior and a copperish matt glaze over tabs of clay over the vessel outside

and last, a favorite little tray server with a thick body, layers of alternatinglight and dark home clay and a small area burnished center top with clear glaze over the burnished area, notice the sheep head appeared.

Last kiln opening

My last firing of random things brought out a little different look. Commercial clay this time. Riverside grit.  Works well with my hand built items. Nice brown color lots of texture.

A little clay, a little photography from the weekend

My mix of home clays and processed NC white clay into a rustic set. No glaze.

Installation Bamboo by Kawana at Charlotte MM of Art

Dancers there.

Nature's glaze

Days photos

New focus photos for the week

Clay abstract kiln fired

My clay abstract tile has been fire.  I have a combination of indigenous red clays and iron and copper oxides and a small clear glaze over the green(cooper oxide) "river" in the vertical area. Fired cone 6. See the before final firing .