White/Iron Shino Bowl

a nice bowl from the exotic group of cups/bowls
white over iron Shino over Tenmoku

The August Flowers

it's August and people are coming to the gallery regularly...
the flowers are booming everywhere!
no "lawyers, guns and money" can stop that...
yesterday a couple came up the drive while I was on the phone...
I signaled I'd be right with them...
they said,  "if it's ok, we only came to look at the flower beds"...
I smiled, a little confused and said " sure, that's just fine",
 feeling apologetic about their "wildness",  I finished the call...
afterward, chuckling to myself... thinking... wondering...
when I moved here, who would have thought
people would eventually come up the drive, just to see the flower beds...
never would  I have imagined  such a thing...
they weren't here...
now, people do and I'm left quietly smiling and thinking, YES, it worked...

Finally the moon!

there's been a lot of unsettled weather lately...
 my life forced into being an accountant for  lawyers
insistently demanding and searching for money that doesn't exist...
it's hers... it's hers... it's all hers, they say...
lots of clouds, rolling thunder, sporadic rain...
plenty of turbulence...
today was filled with sparkling sunshine and huge rolling clouds...
and now, tonight...
it's nice to see the moon...

Echinacea

Echinacea...
walking toward the kiln...
waiting for butterflies...

Cup w/ Black Crackle

a nice example of my shino experiments... iron shino and black shino with an overfiring of white...

many layers in a couple of firings offers more depth and nuance in the surface... the black crackle lines are an example here... I'm beginning to doubt the myth of heavy reduction being necessary for shinos...

there are many ways around the bend...

Toward the kiln...

walking up toward the kiln...

Encrusted Rod Box

Encrusted Rod Box
6in.H x 17in.W x 6in.D
$750

Honeysuckle

honeysuckle along the fence line toward kiln...

Oval Jar with crust

Oval Jar...Crust on the Smooth
12in.H x 12in.W x 9in.D
$850

Ligularia

after some rain yesterday...

Oval Shino

Oval Shino Bottle... from the experiments...
11in.H x 10in.W
this bottle's surface is most intriguing to me...
it has the kitchen sink thrown on it... black shino, iron shino and regular shino
plus the ever changing effect of wood ash, most especially around the top...
it has craters, rolls and bumps and just about every variation I was looking for...
another pot from the shelf, once questionable, now feeling really nice...

Bud Vase

Bud Vase
12in.H x 3in.W
$150