August 07 (the month I lived in the studio) Part UN

Below are the things I have gotten back from the glaze kiln... but there are a TON more things that are yet to come!! On their way back are 4 matching large dinner plates, 4 matching salad plates, two lidded jars, a couple really big mixing bowls, a few oddly-shaped vases, a wide serving bowl, and a child's tea set. I'm pretty sure there' is bated breath somewhere out there...
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Gold Grecian Vase; white clay with golden green glaze; 6" tall and 5" wide
Wedding gift to the collection of Mrs. M. and Mr. A Woodworth of Melrose
I had done a lot of moderately odd shaped stuff and wanted to do something somewhat traditional, so I made this vase with a very classic shape. I also for a while had been working exclusively in red/white mix clay (which has the strength of red but is more soft like white) and wanted to see if it had improved my technique with the pure white. Looks like it had! I hadnt been able to pull up nearly this tall before. after I trimmed it I also added little carvings into the bottom half of it to add some texture. There is a double layer of the semi-transparent glaze to give it an intense color and to accentuate the carvings. The people at the studio really seemed to like this piece.

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Lithium Ripple Vase; Red/white clay mix with Lithium Brown glaze; 9" tall and 4" wide
this is one of the tallest things I've finished to this point. It started as a plane straight column and I collared in at various points to make the ripples. The glaze is a simple coat of one type, and has metallic specs in it. I think now I'm going to experiment with some colors over the Lithium to see what kinds of coll effects I'll get.