Our Daughter’s Empty Bowls Glazed
Many of you wanted to see what her colossal effort looked like glazed, so here they are, before they were packed up for the fundraiser.
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Our Daughter’s Empty Bowls Project
Our daughter is making 150 bowls for an “Empty Bowls” project; they will be sold to individuals and filled with soup at a dinner to benefit local hunger relief charities.
Two New Handmade Ceramic Vases
Both are carved and highly textural. Both were glazed with very different glazing processes and colors, but interestingly ended up being very similar in hue.
Our Daughter’s College Ceramics
This represents an amazing amount of work. Kudos to Laura for such a job well done.
Our Daughter Made Five Teapots
Our daughter showed us the five teapots she made last week for her Intermediate Ceramics class.
Pottery We Made for My Husband
Both our youngest and I gave my husband (her father) pottery that we made for Christmas.
Newly Out of the Kiln
Here are two larger platters in a day lily theme that have just come out of the kiln.
Our Daughter’s Pottery Made at College
I know the kind of time and skill this array of pieces represents; the scope and quantity of her work in this wheel-throwing class in just a few short months is amazing.
The Outrageous Vase I Made for Lilacs
I made this outrageous vase for holding lilacs. It solves an engineering problem of displaying these woody branches effectively by creating four tubes of varying heights to hold them in.
Two Handmade Nesting Bowls for Spring
I made these two nesting bowls for spring. I made them on the wheel, then carved the bottoms, glazing them inside with “mystery blue” and on the outside with a layer of turquoise underglaze followed by a layer of chartreuse glaze.
Juniata’s Ceramics Studio
Laura and I enjoyed getting to see Juniata’s pottery studio today. Here are some photos of it…
New Thrown Vase with Experimental Glaze
This is the largest vase I’ve thrown to date. I glazed it with a mixture of three completely diverse glazes (Northern Lights on bottom, Liquid Luster Bronze on the middle and inside, and Mystery Blue at the top inch.)
Pottery I Made for Christmas
Here is the pottery I made for Christmas, which includes the first lidded pot I’ve ever made; I gave that to my husband. It has melted glass in the knob, which I’ve never done before either.
Pottery by Others in the Studio
The pottery studio I have time in one morning a week is a hub of activity, particularly this time of the year. Some of the others working there have much more experience than me, as you can see by the brilliant casseroles below.
New Teacup with Experimental Glaze
Usually when working in pottery, I am drawn to either painting with underglazes or some definitive process involving carving, layers, or both. For this tea cup and saucer (that I threw on the wheel) I went out on a limb and carefully applied five different runny glazes.