Showing posts with label thrown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrown. Show all posts

Monday, December 04, 2006

Some of my better finished pieces

Crane: slab construction. Tenmoku & Iron oxide, high-fired in oxidation.



Bowl: Thrown. Raku glaze, low-fired & reduced.



Bowl: Thrown. Clear, Black, Glossy Blue-Green,
Turquoise Ash, New Blue glazes. High-fired in oxidation.



Thinger: Coil & Slab construction. Glossy blue-green glaze
(cooled slowly? Matte.)
High-fired in Oxidation. Leaf acid etched on bottom.



Cup-thing: Slab construction. Blue engobe w/ glossy blue-green glaze.
High-fired in oxidation.
(See bottom of this post for a pre-bisq/glaze photo.)



Smoke-fired box. Bisqueware state.
(See middle of this post for a pre-smoking photo.)
Knob at top was lost during firing.
It's now Turq.Ash+GlossyBlue-Green glaze run-off
pried off the kiln shelf, ground flat and glued back-to-back.


TROMPE L'OEIL!
Monkeywrench. Sculpted? Bisqueware, spray painted. (14" long)


And closeups of the wrench head

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

More bisqueware that I neglected to post last time

For more information, refer to title of this post.
Leaf saucer thinger. 3.5" high, approx. Slab+coil built. (Bisq.)

Organic vase with cut-out and texture. Approx 5.5" Slab built. (Bisq.)
This might be my favorite item. It actually did what I wanted it to do.

Pinchpot+Quadrapeds, and mini-Pinchpot+Quadapeds 2.5" and 0.5" tall. Pinched. (Bisq.)



Friday, October 13, 2006

Oh, hey, I'm in a ceramics class...

The pieces posted here are for some of the projects assigned. The really ugly pieces aren't included.
The parenthetical notes are for which stage the piece is in: Greenware, Bisqueware, Glazedware, Finished. I don't have anything past the Bisqueware stage, though.
Another post will contain some of the pieces I made outside of class assignments.


Coil built vase thinger. Approx 10". (Bisq.)

Exposed coil pot. Approx 5". (Bisq.)



Box with cut-out lid, slab construction. Approx 4.5". (Bisq.)


Pitcher, base form thrown, decorations inset slab. Approx 6". (Bisq.)



Slab built & cut pot. Engobed (will fire to blue) with sgraffito. Approx 4". (Green.)