I also made some plates and a bowl that could end up serving dishes or Ichibana pots, I'm not sure which yet. Fun stuff!
Loaded the kiln at the Manley Art Center today, a bisque load. I've got a bunch of orchid pots and some little dipper dishes for sauces and pinches of stuff. A few new twists on the orchid pots, I did this batch with Laguna red clay (some Hawaiian Red and some Red Calico) so these I'll probably just stain with Iron oxide. So far that look has been very popular! a few of them are like I've been doing with triangles and shapes of clay stuck together, but I started with some variations on a few. A few I took the shapes and 'bent' them so the lines are not linear, they're biomorphic and flow around the pot like vines. Thin tips on the triangles are spiraled, and I'm pretty excited about them! A few others are made from a clay that I textured, then painted with contrasting slip before I finished rolling them out. They have a wood texture, highlighted with white (Porcelain) slip. I'm really excited to see if the porcelain pops or fades, but either way it'll add a lot of visual interest on the pots I used it on. I also did some little do-dads with the scraps, a few pendant pieces and a small tray. Weeeee! Forgot I had the camera with me or I'd have taken some before pics!
I also made some plates and a bowl that could end up serving dishes or Ichibana pots, I'm not sure which yet. Fun stuff!
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Maryjane Carlson
Clay has always fascinated me, its many colors and textures, the shapes you can create using it, even the feel of it squishing in my hand. Even after years of playing in the mud I find myself exploring new ideas and I hope my work shows this. Archives
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