Category: Pottery

I just got back home after a wonderful week at Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts: ‘considering the teapot’ with Yoko Sekino-Bové.
I need some time to process everything I learned, but in the meantime, here’s a snapshot with 5 of my projects from the workshop.

These pots have been fired once, but still need to be glaze fired.
stay tuned and I’ll share more once I get settled back into my home routine.

You might remember a couple of months ago I made a bunch of forms during the spring pentaculum residency at Arrowmont?

I’ve been blocked, and unable to finish them because they have already been fired. My normal technique is to decorate while the clay is still wet–allowing me to carve and scratch and inlay the surface.

With a fired pot, I have less options-the obvious one is to brush underglaze designs, which is a little bit out of my comfort zone.

After a few hours of painting, I gotten into a flow of using just underglaze and a brush–instead of carving, and I’m really happy with the surface designs I’ve created so far!

stay tuned to see the cups after the final glaze firing!

More is more, Right?

Update on my cappuccino cups. Couldn’t help decorating the interior and exterior—really can’t wait to see how they turn out 🙂

It’s pottery season, so I’ve been busy, here’s a little peek at whats been happening in the clay studio:

I’ve been experimenting with new ways to decorate the surface of my pottery. In particular, I want to carve designs and have more than one color

these work in progress cups have painted patterns (3 coats each) and then are carved for more details

More designs with this technique. I have started to carve into ‘unpainted’ clay in hopes of a variety in the surface once glazed

I just finished assembling these cappuccino or soup style cups. Looking forward to decorating them. The interior is wide enough, there is an opportunity for some artwork!

We are at the beginning of a heatwave here in Kentucky, a great time to work inside and make pots, so stay tuned!

Always fun to live in a small artsy town! Was asked to make some pots to help with a video project for the city this morning. The wonderful Deni Stanev Photography was on the job, and she shared these photos so I could document my ‘community service’ for the day!

thanks so much Deni for the photos! and thank you Katelyn Bailey for inviting me to be a part of your project!!! I’m looking forward to seeing the finished video!

you can see more of Deni’s Photography at her website: https://denistanevphotography.com