Blooper Reel: pasty little sauce dish

A set of small bowls.

Half purple, half clear porcelain bowl

I really liked the simplicity of this vessel. I gave this (and a nice smelling candle I think) to my Nephews mom Eila.

Festive porcelain bowl

I loved this and the matching bowl in blue terra siglata. I gave this one to my brother Mike (I think) and the other to my sister Tanya (or I could have it the otherway around.) I think I sent nice smelling candles to fit as well. This one is bright and alive with color featuring crystal blue, texturizers and gold rust.

A blue terra siglatta porcelain bowl

I love this piece. This is the first complete terra siglata pieces I have ever executed. (The bowl is not blue nor is the glaze... instead a thin layer of blue clay was painted on.) texturizers and shadow green round out the cool aquatic look for this piece. I sent this and it's festive sibling to my bother and sister Mike and Tanya.

A set of mugs

Dark textured porcelain mug

This is my personal mug and I couldn't be more proud of it. For the first week I had it drank all my liquids from it (including wine and water.) This is texturized white porcelain with crystal blue and shadow green and molasses brown.

nicely handled textured porcelain mug

I love this dainty little cup! It hold maybe 8 ounces of coffee on a good day and I dressed it with crystal blue, purple and texturizers. I gave this one to my Sister-in-law Aileen.

light porcelain mug with patchy blue rim

This is a nicely shaped mug that had too much glaze on the rim. I stripped it off and clear glazed it to seal but the patchyness of the rim leads me to consider reglazing it.

Blooper Reel: Wonky short textured mug

Midsized interesting shapes recap.

I am really proud of these 3. They all have a definate shape and have interest without being gaudy.

Tri-colored fruit bowl

This is one of my best most simple pieces. This tri-colored fruit bowl is a gently curved porcelain bowl. Until my next batch gets fired, this is my largest object sucessfully thrown. I think the reddish color is burgundy under shadow green.

A ruffled edged bowl in 6 colors

I threw this wide based cylinder too thin and drew the walls out at too steep an increase, instead of letting the walls flop over, I created several undulations that strengthened the walls. This had to be trimmed by hand except for the base which I trimmed on the bat. The colors are purple, speckled ivory, shadow green, burgundy and speckled rust. There is also texturizer. Karen and I gave this to her cousin and husband Vanessa and Todd.

Small funnel shaped flower vase

This pleasant object is purple, peacock green, and something like speckled rust with texturizer. I accidentally left a small piece unglazed that actually looks kind of cool. Karen and I gave this to her wacky uncle Ron.

Tri-colored short pitcher

This pitcher is part of a set of handled objects I made in this batch. The handle is a little too big and feels weird in the hand. The spout was simplicity itself except that is kept me from trimming the object on the wheel because of the heigh distortion of the rim. So step 1 to making a pitcher is throw a perfect thin cylinder that doesn't need trimming (except on the foot. Then trim the pitcher on the bat so you don't need to rely on the irregular top edge.

Two soup bowls.

These two are just a glimpse of what's to come. This batch came out really well except for the exterior texturizer peeling off. Except for maybe 1 or 2, there is basically nothing tragic for my blooper reel!

Multi-hued soup bowl

This multi-hued soup bowl has purple, speckled ivory, hazelnut, and texturizers. I think it is porcelain.

A new batch (part2)

This is the underside of that last bowl showing the shape and exterior glaze. I think the brown is hazelnut with TX-2 applied as an overglaze. I applied TX-1 to the interior of most of the pieces in this batch and TX-2 to the exterior. Unfortunately the TX-2 peeled away in places leaving very sharp ribbons of knife-edged glass. After chipping off the larger slivers, I will need to dremel smooth the rest. I would also like to dremel down the feet of my pieces.

A new batch!

This is a soup bowl shaped piece with a crystal blue rim and a speckled ivory and shadow green interior. I love the little flecks in the speckled ivory. There is TX-1 texturizer applied as an overglaze using a syringe to create a droplet stream. I think this was thrown CKK-6 grogged porcelain.

Unicorn Chaser

Here is a recap of my very first work. This was my untrained product and I couldn't be more pleased (especially about the blue rimmed bowl.) These pieces are my best glazes and the red bowl is my best form. I have several new pieces coming up including mugs, bowls and even a pitcher. They were all good forms in their way and I have my fingers crossed for the glaze... Still they can't ever compare to these two intuitive objects.