Spotted Bottle
14in.H x 9in.W
don't know... we'll see...KK
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Spotted Bottle
Spotted Bottle
14in.H x 9in.W
don't know... we'll see...KK
Friday, June 13, 2014
Another Old School Experiment
Bottle
14in.H x 9.5in.
POR
at times pieces come from the kiln and their value is uncertain...
this piece has been sitting on the shelf for over a year...
originally thought not very nice really, now I wonder what the &#@% I was thinking...
the difference between expectation and reality, projection and the truth...
those polarities seem always to be present in life,
it's the managing of them
that separates the wheat from the chaff...
wood firing teaches many things on many levels...
Thursday, June 12, 2014
"Glazing Technique"
this is the glaze right after the pour on...
it was left purposely to dry and thicken, creating blobs and chunks...
perfect for uneven application, which is my preference...
the thicker glaze also adheres to an already fired piece more easily,
though it takes at least a day+ to dry,
without the wood stove helping out... even then a long time...
no hurry... just experiments... searching on for some magic...
the piece below was handled in this manner...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Old School
Bottle/White on White on White
I have been experimenting with old traditional shapes for a while now, mostly bottles,
as a contradiction to the Lava/geology pieces... as a counter check on myself...
after many bottles, 50 or so, and much disappointment, I'm thinking
this might, just might have the depth and curiosity I was seeking...
smooth skin lacking in the skeletal underpinning I always seem to need, but
I'm liking this one... finally... it's been a few years...
Monday, June 9, 2014
The Exotics
Iron Shino over Shino...
it also sparkles a bit from the
soda ash... feels great in the hand...
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Maya Angelou Quote
this is one of my favorites and particularly clear to me now...
"When people show you who they are... believe them"
The exotics
from time to time I am given what I have called exotics from the kiln...
these pieces carry new information unseen before,
effects we had not achieved together, or just a feeling not present in existing pieces...
they are often fired multiple times or fired in contradictory ways as experiments...
regularly these cups and bowls fail miserably and are useless...
but when they don't, I have something I think extraordinary, to contemplate and use myself...
I hold them here in a cabinet for Wyatt's future...... they are used at special moments...
Someday... HE might be paid for them...
Friday, June 6, 2014
Arrival of the First Luna Moth
they gather near the outside light of the studio overnight,
decorating the wall visible through the kitchen window...
I make my tea right there watching each morning for them...
there have been as many as five at one time,
Wyatt reminded me that that is the current record...
he likes to have an accounting of things, as he tries to find his way into the world...
they appear and disappear from time to time
as is the way of things here, but are always a visual treat to us...
each one different from the other, each one amazing in it's own right...
pretty much like everything ...
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Mountain and Baseball
he closed the game with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts...
a fine job, very well done...
he's got a big smile and it fills the room...
a fresh loaf of warm bread to top off the night...
and soon to bed...
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Visiting the Sandy
after dropping Wyatt to school,
waiting for the hardware store to open in search of lopers...
there is much to take in here, especially as I'm wondering where
I'll end up after my current circumstances are over...
here though in these rocks is a direction to follow with the pots,
the age honored shaping of granite with time and the force and gentleness of water
I like the edges and the organic softness of the rocks,
left as memory of many spring runs...
when the warm up of cups and bowls runs it's course
I'll begin here and see what follows...
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