Had a break from my day job today, so I thought I’d work on the basement studio. This WIP (Work-in-Progress) shot is all I’m willing to share of my man cave – part of my ware shelf. It’s a shoestring operation – no running water, (I carry water buckets downstairs-and-back-up; to work and clean). I have a throwing area, small wedging table and decent work table that I re-purposed from other home-improvement projects. I try to do a fairly thorough cleaning every week (wearing a mask), which includes the cat litter and yack that Yackamo (my name for the cat), decides to leave outside of her area.
The 4 gray pieces on the left are a sample Raku clay body I graciously received from our kiln tech who was fixing the salt kiln at the Guild. Thank you, Robert Schroeder at Rocky Mountain Clay! I’ll definitely share these in pictures when I schedule and complete a firing for them.
I guess it’s pretty obvious, I don’t really think about sets of things. I just like to sit down and throw whatever I’m in the mood to practice. There’s porcelain pieces, mugs, tankards, tumblers, saucers, a large recycled clay planter, casserole, bud vases and an urn. The funky zebra-swirl piece is “swirl ware” that I thought I’d try (mixture of light and dark clay bodies). This will be finished as a taller yarn vessel.
Also below is a gallery of more work (most of which are sold), from my May firing. I hope to be able to schedule another firing soon. Happy #WIPWednesday to all.
- Noodle/Soup Bowl: 7.25″w x 3″h. Butter w/Iron over Oxide brush work.
- Plate: 8.75″w x 1.25″h. Butter With Iron over white clay body and oxide brush work.
- Plate: 8″w x 1.5″ h. Butter With Iron glaze over white clay body and oxide brush work.
- Platter: 10″w x 1.625″h. Celadon over Black Mountain clay body and porcelain slip trailing.
- Tumbler: 3.75″w x 4.75″h. Butter w/Iron over porcelain. Textured wall for grip.
- Tumbler: 4″w x 4.75″h. Chun over white clay body, Purple Haze glaze.
- Bud Vase: 3.5″w x 3″h. Paddled/altered flat, Dinnerset White glaze over blue slip and celadon body.
- Misc. Bud Vases: 4″h. Copper Red/Celadon over recycled clay body.
- Bud Vase: 4″h. Celadon/Copper Red over Black Mountain clay body and black slip brush work over porcelain slip.
- Bud Vase: 2.5″w x 4.375″h. Celadon over Black Mountain clay body and porcelain slip.