Ceramics has been a serious hobby of mine
since I was in graduate school. I used to try a little sculpture and
hand-building when I was younger, but some years ago I tried the potter's wheel for
the first time and I absolutely fell in love with it.
I now have a small studio at my house, with a
potter's wheel, slab-roller, extruder and kiln.
I mostly make functional pieces of
dinnerware, like cups, bowls, plates and so forth. Here are some of my pieces:
Some cups and spoon rests drying in my
studio.
Here are some pieces with a leaf-shape motif;
these are made by pressing a leaf into the clay body, covering it with
colored-slip, and then removing the leaf. See more about this masking process, if you are
interested.
These pieces are still wet in the photo shown
here; they still have to be trimmed up, fired and glazed.
Some bowls, in the process, drying before the next
stage..
A small bowl, just formed, ready to be
trimmed and decorated….
Some candle holders:
Here are some plates with geometric designs, that I'm currently working on:
Some finished pieces of mine:
The
spiral motif is one I use all the time, simple and elegant:
some of
my coffee cups:
My daughter Emma is also a budding potter and
sculptor. Here are some of her work:
Here are some of Emma's finished pieces….
This is an adorable little village Emma made
from some clay slabs, and decorated with underglazes:
A piece that Emma threw on
the potter's wheel.
A collection of Emma's wheel-thrown pieces
(plus one of her coil pots, in the foreground):
More of Emma's thrown pieces….
I have some more information on my ceramics
here: : Page One, Page Two, or Page Three.