I just finished up my fluted blogging and checked my google reader. I found this waiting for me via Naomi Cleary’s blog.
Enjoy!
Can’t Stop Fluting
Those skate punks among us may get my reference to a NOFX song in the title. I’ve been reconnecting with my indie-rocker self in the studio listening to Sirius’ XMU. It’s been much more fun than listening to Mickey Mouse and Hannah Montana during carpool.
Below are a few more images of some work from the last few days.
I made a few fluted soup bowls.
Here is a close-up.
Here are a few squared and fluted bowls. They were made with 2lbs of clay.
And….here’s a close-up.
I have one last big bowl to trim tonight. Tomorrow is going to be spent cleaning up the studio and packing. We’re off to Houston on Thursday for the Holidays. I’m not sure what kind of blogging I’ll be doing from the road. It will probably be something but most likely not pottery-related.
Evangelina and I are off to Austin on Saturday for a couple of days to start looking at houses and neighborhoods. I’m also going to see if I can figure out some areas to rent studio space. We’ve been talking about the move for so long it has always seemed so distant but we’re starting to get to the reality of it all.
More Bowls, More Fluting
It’s getting addictive….
This one is a nice low open mixing bowl. Everything seems to be getting a cut foot and some flutes along the way.
Here’s a taller bowl made with 6lbs of clay. I usually never keep track of how much clay I use during each throwing cycle but this time I am. Mostly because I’m trying to get these pots ready for Baltimore wholesale.
More Fluting
It sure is making a mess.
Here are a few cappuccino cups:trimmed, cut foot, and partially fluted.
A few taller mugs with the same treatment.Free Shipping!
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Posted in website on 12/15/2008 02:23 pm | Comments Off on Free Shipping!
From the Collection
Evangelina couldn’t put the name together with the work yesterday during our surprise visit but here is the Jess Parker piece we have.
It’s a beautiful little espresso cup. It’s making me think that maybe those cappuccino cups I made do need a saucer. Maybe next time….
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/14/2008 02:05 pm | Comments Off on From the Collection
From the collection
After being a little embarrassed that Jill’s piece was hiding in a box because we couldn’t find the right spot for it, thankfully she let us know that someone else had used one of her pieces as a centerpiece on their table.
We took her advice and before she could blink….it had a new home.
It’s a really beautiful piece and Jill took full advantage of the Anderson Ranch soda-kiln to make it. She understood exactly what was going to happen with that flame to make this piece work so well. She gave us a beautiful little talk about how that single kiln became part of the narrative of her work. I won’t try to explain it…you’ll have to ask Jill.
Again…it’s meant for the wall but we’ll be quite happy with it on our table for now. We’ll find a wall for it in Austin.
Nice Surprise
One of the nice things about living on the Cape is something that I call the “Cape Cod Drop-By” it’s a visit where someone just stops by without calling first. Some people would think its rude. I have always appreciated it.
Today we got a very nice surprise visit….even though the sign said “Open” on the gallery the door was still locked and I hadn’t made it into the studio to get any work done yet. Apparently, after peeking through the windows my friend Jenn Reed decided to give a call and see if we were home. So, as I picked up the phone and looked out the window I could have sworn that I saw Jill Oberman in Jenn’s car. Weird…especially since I knew Jill from Anderson Ranch and weirder too since she now lives in Chicago. Also hiding in the back of Jenn’s car was Jess Parker. Jess flew in from California picking Jill up in Chicago to come to the Cape and visit Jenn…while enjoying 3 days of the worst rain we’ve had in a long time.
It was great to catch up with people who I hadn’t seen in a while and nice to hear some great stories. Some of which I’ll share in a later post. Best of all is we finally figured out what to do with our wonderful wall piece by Jill Oberman that I still hadn’t put back up since our renovation a couple of years ago. The picture of the piece sitting beautifully on our dining table will be up shortly.
Glad that we became part of the visit to the Cape and I’m glad you all learned about the Cape Cod Drop-By.
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/13/2008 08:31 pm | Comments Off on Nice Surprise
More Bowls
My hand is almost cramping from fluting these.
I need to learn to make molds and slip-cast.
Posted in mixing bowls on 12/12/2008 02:34 pm | 4 Comments
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