The design was made by painting wax resist before dipping the pot in glaze. It’s a technique I’ve used frequently at the Empty Bowls bowlmaking-sessions.
Category: Pottery
Sep 10
Spodumene-Caramel Flowerpot
I made the horizontal lines by dripping the overglaze on the side while the pot was tipped. I’d made one like this before, but foolishly gave it away. Of course, now I have the pots and nothing to put in them. I think I’ll put cactus in them, or something else that does well with …
Aug 25
Green Chicken-Cooker
This is a dish made for a specific recipe, in which you fill the center part with beer, and rest a chicken on top of it. I like to shove herb-butter under the skin and put seasoned salt on the outside. It’s quite delicious. You can also do it with a beer can, but the …
Aug 21
Flowerpot One
This flowerpot is thrown in Soldate 60. I wanted to decorate the outside with sprigging of grape leaves, but the sprigg mold didn’t cure in time. The glaze is “Kurt’s Klear” over “Plume”. The dimensions are 7 inches in diameter and 4 1/4 inches tall.
Aug 14
Porcelain Teabowls-unfinished
These tea bowls are thrown from coleman’s porcelain. I wanted to make a series of teabowls and then chinapaint surreal images on them. Unfortunately, I forgot that you shouldn’t throw composite pieces in the summer, as they dry too quickly. Even painting wax on the joints and wrapping it tightly wasn’t enough to keep the …