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More Ceramics!

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Here are some more of my ceramic pieces! The first two are of a lovely little bowl; it’s so varied and hard to photograph that unless I uploaded seven photos and a video I think you’ll miss out on some of its detail, but trust me when I say it’s really nice in person and is one of my best pieces thus far. All the rest are, as you can often expect of me, planters with drainage holes. I like all of these a lot and am particularly into the new white/blue/brown and deep brown/white glaze combinations.

The final image in the grid is wheel-thrown from an earlier cycle but has since been planted with an Episcia or “flame violet” cultivar! I am reminded by that planter that I should really make time to wheel throw again at some point, but then again I really like the personality and handcrafted appearance of my pinch pot practice…

New Ceramics!

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My latest batch of ceramics has come out of the final firing! I started these pieces around three months ago, but ceramics take time and sequential processing. Though there’s still quite a bit of trial and error, I feel that I am honing my glazing skills! There are several glazing combinations from this go-round that I’m definitely going to be revisiting. There is also a new glaze color in this set - Green Tweed - that we didn’t have on hand before; I glazed it blind (meaning I had no samples of it to see how it’d turn out) so I didn’t use it on too many pieces, but it turns out I really like it both solo and in combination with other colors so I’ll be adding into a more regular rotation.

Above you see three new small dishes or bowls. The photography of ceramics is difficult because they are three-dimensional objects with variance - how many photos do I need to share to truly capture enough of each artwork? For these, I think one photo sufficiently captures each piece, though on the one with the hand-painted rings, there are rings on the exterior of the dish as well which I’m not sure is evident. Maybe I should have taken a side photo too?

However, for the small bowl above, I think at least two photos are needed to understand the glazing; another could provide even more coverage, but I believe only one would be insufficient.

All of the eight pieces immediately above are planters with drainage holes, as demonstrated by the final photo in the grid.

For many of the more complexly glazed pieces, I think my photographs - even multiple - don’t fully capture their totality. I should experiment to see if different photo setups can help, but also I think some artwork is always going to be best suited for in-person appreciation!