Two new abstracts

Sydney harbor - Panorama

(taken April 2009)

Japanese flower arrangement bowls

i made these two items after i saw some Japanese items (i love Japanese pottery)

a batch of bowls

these are some pictures of my latest batch, i just took out of the kiln.

1:

Spanish red clay with embedded copper oxide, transparent glaze

2:

  German off white clay, engraving filled with copper oxide, transparent glaze only on the inside. the vesicle was posted up side down in the kiln, so the excess copper oxide dripped to what seems to be upwards

3:

German black clay, with pedestals.  fire-yellow glaze, only on the inside of the vesicle.

4:

German white clay, with a thick layer of copper oxide on the diameter, transparent glaze.

Tea Pots in the making

These are a couple of tea pots I've made lately

they are both from red clay, structured by two spheres that were merged together.

each took me 3 hours to make, but i enjoyed every minute.