Category: Pottery

Thorny Pot

I bought this pot specifically to re-pot a gardenia plant I have in my front yard.  I thought about using tile mosaics, or glass piece mosaic, but my mosaic-tile production wasn’t coming along fast enough so I decided to glaze it instead. I’m always startled by how patchy the glazes come out.  Even when I …

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Smiley Ball 17

I had so many of these, I didn’t want to put them all on my blog at once.  Now they are placeholders for different photo sessions. I don’t know what that hair is, but it might be cat hair.

Poppy Plate 5

This is the last poppy plate.  Why poppies? Do I have some fascination with them?  No, not really, but since they grow very well, I have plenty of photographs, and I know what they look like.

Blue Bowl Set

Last session, I tried to make a set of bowls as a belated wedding gift for my brother and his wife, and it didn’t work out.  One got broken, one exploded, and one had glaze flaws.  This time, I decided to not think too hard about the end result, and just do the best I …

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Poppy Plate 4

I’ve made numerous plates like this. They are a great size and shape for pie and small sandwiches.  You have to really take your time to keep them from getting warped or cracked, but when they work, you have a set of matched almost-stacking plates. To start with, you need a half dozen blemish-free styrofoam …

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