Torus

Crochet Hat Pot #2

Detail. Where it all went wrong.

Learning Curve

Collaboration with Fred

This is a collaboration between my cat Fred & me. Distressed leather, a sanding disk & ink on 11 x 16" Bristol Board. Fred did the distressing on the leather. It's a patch that I placed on my comfy chair at home. 

Fred likes to sharpen his claws  on the right arm upright of the chair, so eventually, it started looking like hell, I glued a piece of leather to cover it up. When that patch started looking like hell, I peeled it off and replaced it with another one. I glued the feline-modified leather to the paper above, did some other art-like activities, and voila, interspecies collage!

I brought the collage to ceramics, ran it through the slab-roller, bisque fired it.

White underglaze border, Black Iron Oxide where the leather was, Copper red glaze on the disk.

The cone 10 reduction-fired piece is a certain but as yet undetermined percentage smaller than the page it was made from because of shrinkage during drying & firing.  I like it. Fred is indifferent to the design, but enjoys scent-marking the corners with his face.

Asparagus and Rubberbands

Bark

Kind of a clunker. I think I'll slake this one down, refine my technique and try again next Monday.

hey google, how make translucent porcelain slip?

http://lindaarbuckle.com/handouts/clay_porcelain.pdf

Photo MJF

Small bottle

From larger acorn squash mold, with added coils and a slab lip. Bermuda green slip decoration, scrafitto'd.





Glazed with Douglas Celadon on the rim, 2 layers of Matte Turquoise on the body.

 

Add to butterdish post

Small Acorn Squash Bowl

Design-plan

Mechanical pencil on post-it. I can't remember what I was working out with this sketch. I like the line quality though.

Collaboration w Fred

...using a graphic that I made using a piece of leather that the cat has shredded.

Artichoke or Pangolin

Handbuilt out of clay patties. Pattycake patties. I made this piece at the student Union craft shop in . Madison my first semester there when I didn't know what to do with myself. It was a nice piece. I'm thinking I should recreate it. Maybe I will

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Here it is bisqued and given an iron oxide strain before going into the high fire. Sorry about the fucked up layout on this post. I can't get the blogger software to do what I want, and I'm too frustrated and lazy to go into the html. Sheesh.

Cantaloupe Slip Cast Molds

Because why the hell not?

Conical Paper Cup Holder

Ward 93 has a watercooler that dispenses Solo paper cups, the conical ones? 

That you can't put down? I've never seen one of those stupid brown plastic holders that were supposed to pair up with these cups anywhere around the ward. 

Sometimes I like to have a drink of water at my desk. I'm working on a design for a ceramic holder for a cone full of water. Here's how it's been going..