Back in the Saddle

I was still sick over the weekend... however, I powered through in order to a) make pottery, b) drink beer with friends, and c) watch my crazy sister play her crazy japanese koto. crazy koto!

at the Pottery studio saturday there were a bunch of beginners standing around chatting as they wedged their clay, and one made the comment to the instructor "Pottery is so addictive! I could just quit my job and do this all day!" I love my life!

Large Honeycomb Bowl

Red/white clay mix; amber celedon glaze outer, mocha inner; 10" diameter and 6.5" tall

This was attempt numero dos at a bowl I had made back in the summer. I had liked that bowl a lot, but had given it away as a gift. Good thing I had pictures and so could replicate it (only better/ faster/ stronger/ etc a la Daft Punk and Kanye West)

I am much happier with the glaze on this one, since the dripping of the amber between ribs causes a cool effect and the mocha on the inside is a much better counterpoint than the white was. These bowls are pretty big for our studio... I wont lie, it's entertaining to be working on one of these and have some beginning student walk by and gasp. "Yeah, that's right. I am your Pottery God. Bow down before me. And get me some more clay."


I spent about 6.5 hours in the studio today... part of that I was helping out by recycling clay and making glazes. Making glazes is fun because you get to be a pseudo-chemist, playing with lots of toxic chemicals in powdered form and wearing a fun HAZMAT mask. Too bad there werent any men folk there at the time, I'm pretty sure I would have had them swarming around me.