Hive Shaped Geyser Vent w/ Encrusted Minerals

Hive Shaped Geyser Vent w/ Encrusted Minerals
19in.H x 9.5in.W
$2,500

Details of Geyser Vent

Details of the Geyser Vent below... click on image to enlarge...

my goal here is for a surface evocative of the growth and accumulation of minerals and other metals as they might occur on the surface of a geyser vent or thermal vent in the ocean...
I don't want them to seem controlled, but rather to appear naturalistic and lacking the clues and methodology of their origin... lacking in the traditional notion of craftsmanship and all it's permutations and presumptions... I'm hoping for an organically grown appearance from layering and accumulation  over time... randomness, naturalness and most importantly energy... lots of it...

Geyser Vent w/ Mineral Encrustation

Geyser Vent w/ Mineral Encrustation
16.5in.H x 8in.W
$950

details of surface above,,,

Studio...

"When you start working, everybody is in your studio--- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world and above all, your own ideas--- all are there. But, as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one and you are left completely alone. Then, if you are lucky, even you leave."

John Cage

plate tests

plate 10.75in.W
happy with the pouring and the decoration
still dealing with glaze adhesion and pin holing...
starting to miss my shino...

Thoughts on plates

different thought on plates...
I love the "river" effect of pouring glaze over the open surface
there is movement, randomness and an easy form of texture,
here with just a hint of decoration... restrained decoration...
we'll see soon how this works
this majolica glaze is pesky, but they're in the kiln now!

Oval Jar w/ beginning Growth

last but not least from this load
Oval Jar w/ Beginning Growth
10in.H x 20in.W x 10in.D
$950

Vase 2 testing...

this one keeps drawing me back to it
quiet,worn, nearly polished by time
I love the fact that it's origin is unclear...
what exactly is it made of?
Brown Vase with Growth
11in.H x 5in.W x 3'5in.D
$150

Ancient Vase

today's tests brought this beautiful surprise...
the adventure continues with many more twists
and turns than I ever expected...
some old myths are starting to fall...

Ancient Vase
9in.H x 4.25in.W
$125

Rock Caddy w/ Lichen...

from today's test kiln...
I'm thinking these are really beginning to have the surface quality of the thermal vents
which inspired all this raw volcanic work of mine
or perhaps a geyser's  mineral encrustation surrounding it's vent...
they're awfully close if not there already...
celebration is in order!

RockCaddy w/ Encrustation
8.5in.H x 7in.W
$250

the Rastas

the Rastas, here in morning mist, are on full display now
I love these guys,
but there seem to be no double decker ones this year
how curious...

Plates

from the first load in a larger kiln...
this test has left me with more questions than answers...
I wanted the pouring of the glaze to be visible beneath the lines, forming a field of linear variation in density over glaze variation of different density... think that's here... but still wondering about this?????? and of course there are those pesky smudges...
more tests...