That thing I'm working on

"...You're not a Lord of the Rings fan are you?"

Don't judge me!

I'm a little concerned that the star field around the neck is a little "patriotic." It's not supposed to be. Not that I'm not patriotic. That's just not the message here. The message is obviously "this is a pot with the tree of Gondor on it." Just kidding. I have no idea what's going on. The only parts I know I'm keeping are the trees. Still working this one out.

What is it? Uh.. a vase?

I tried making a smooth coil thing to make it less about being a coil pot. You can still see the coils, though. Kind of like ribs. When I started, I thought about applying a texture at the end, but I'm not so sure. If I don't, I have to glaze it, and I'm a little scared of glaze.

More tiles with kids

I had my second group of kids in my art class, so we did clay tiles again.

Here's mine:



Clearly I put a lot of thought into it.

Pip jug

Just realized I never posted a finished photo of this:

Preview

This is a terrible cell phone picture of something I'm working on. The pot has been built, but I'm still working on the decorative aspects of it. The above image is part of what I've done so far. Here's what the piece looks like:





Front view, and back view from an angle. In these pics the top isn't finished. Coils were just added but not smoothed.

And if it looks like a butt to you, well, I can't really say it isn't a butt. The base shape is based on an old pot I did my first year called "The Butt Pot." Coil building just really lends itself to organic forms!

I have more to say about a change I've made in my work recently, but it's 1 a.m. and I don't think now is the time to get into it. I'm going on vacation for a week, but when I get back, I'll finish this and another coil pot I've got going on, and write a bit about what I'm trying to do now.

LOL!

(click to enlarge!)

Tile has been sent and recieved. Apelad posted some pics on his flickr.

The tile was finished with red iron oxide stain. The specks you see are particles in the clay body. Probably iron or something.

Owls

I had some clay that was a bit dried out--not very plastic. Not good enough for most things, but good enough to make a couple little owls:



Four inches tall I think.



Five inches? I am bad at guessing these things. Tall and skinny.