I thought I'd jump on here and share some of the pots I made this week. I also have another video to share and I'll put that down at the bottom of the post.
I somehow got in the mood to make some larger than normal (for me) pots. These three bottles are set to be slipped and decorated on Sunday.
I also made this biggish jar. This sort of pot really isn't something I'm very good at. Every now an then I like to give it a go.
I think it turned out pretty good. I like the form and the paddled decoration. It's gonna take up a lot of room in the kiln though.
I really love this bottle by Shoji Hamada. I like that it is footed and I love the direct faceting and the belly on the pot. The top is super nice too. I wanted to try to make one like it.
Below is my version. Not quite as lively but not bad for a first try. I'm definitely gonna have another couple of goes at it next week.
These two little pitchers have some nice action going on. Sometimes I feel like if I really get something right that it doesn't need any additional decoration or mark making.
And here's the video. This was shot live with Periscope early in the week. As you may know Periscope videos only stay up for 24 hours. There is a site called Katch where you can archive your videos but who the hell has ever heard of that?? I hadn't. Anyway so I decided to save my video to the more popular and easily accessible YouTube. You can't see any of the comments that came up during my Periscope so sorry if it seems I'm a bit loopy just talking to people here. Also it's a little longer than I like to shoot so feel free to fast forward. I do think there's some good technique shown here that may be helpful to some. Any how, thanks for watching and for looking at the blog. Cheers.