I made a decision to made the largest piece I had attempted to that point. I started with a round base, and added 2″ strips of clay, pulling each planting spout on the layer as it was being attached below, you can see the layers of clay from the interior pictures above by the joining […]
One of the things I love about working with clay is that you never know how things will go, or I don’t. Each step can produce magic or dirt. With a great teacher like June and a partner with such talent like Daniel, I’m very lucky that I get more good stuff then crap, but
For this set of housewarming gift, Daniel made the bowls and cup on the pottery wheel and Ammi handled glaze. Our friend Myndi received 2 kitchen bowls, a mug, a cracked bowl for display, and a tiny display or dipping bowl. We also sent her 3 dinosaurs to leave around Chicago or on her patio.
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I made these bowls after I was feeling comfortable with the pottery wheel again. I was generally happy with their shape, but they are all really small. That worked out okay for the berry bowls, but It means a lot of small food portions if you try to eat from them. I’ve been working recently
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Once I was comfortable with the wheel again, I had a whole new set of concerns over details. From basic considerations like size and shape, to more nuanced things I couldn’t control as well before like depth, thickness, lip (the top edge), foot (where the piece meets the ground). I had been working on making
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Many of my friends knit, in fact my wonderful friend Richard knitted my bridesmaids and myself beautiful shawls to wear. My second semester of pottery I decided to make my friends some knitting bowls to repay all the warm fuzzy things they make me. Luckily enough each and everyone of my bowls came out beautifully.
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We have had SO many of these over the years in Pottery class, we give them to all of our friends & family to add to their gardens. We are selling these for $5 each, or $10 for a full set of 3 dinosaurs plus USPS shipping cost. They are also often included as a
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