Class Starting again on June 4th

Hi everyone! Above is a picture of unfinished his and hers matching mugs that I didn't get a chance to glaze during last session. Class starts again on June 4th and I will be making more stuff soon. This session I think that I will try to challenge myself more. I usually just sit down at the wheel with nothing in mind and then just make whatever happens. This time I think I will try to master certain skills instead of trying to make stuff. I will most likely not have as much finished product but what I do have will be better quality.

1. I must master the centering of clay and the basic cylinder.
2. I must master making sets by starting with same size balls of clay.
3. I would like to start making bigger things. Up to 5lbs of clay.

These are my 3 goals for the next session.
Kate

Vase and set of bowls

Here is a vase that was glazed in Periwinkle and then the top half was dipped into Blue Hare Fur. I really like the way the glaze turned out. I can't wait to get some flowers for it! I made another vase that I glazed in a darker combo (below). I didn't write down the glaze combo so I'm lost if I ever want to recreate it. I Think that it may be Randy Red then Black. Both of the vases are the same size. About 8 inches tall. The size in the pictures is misleading.


The bowls below are for Wendy and Brian! yeah! They were glazed in Black then Randy Red.

Have a great week everybody! - Kate

SANFORD POTTERY FESTIVAL

Today I went over to the pottery festival in Sanford, NC. The pottery was amazing.
I bought the mug/cup that you see below. I surprised myself by getting a hand built one instead of a thrown one. I saw some great thrown ones but the ones that I really liked were out of my price range. This one below was only $10.00 and so cool!
The potter is Marshall Art - Unusual Clay Sculpture
He said his web site is out of date but here it is anyway:
www.makerofthewoos.com

Marshall Art - Unusual Clay Sculpture
Waxhaw, NC

A big thank you to all of the shop owners who allowed me to take these pictures!
Moose Hollow Pottery
Thomasville, NC

This is Lorrie Anderson from Moose Hollow Pottery. The face jugs she makes are really great! Most of the ones you see are really scary looking but hers make you giggle.

Marshall Art - Unusual Clay Sculpture
Waxhaw, NC

www.makerofthewoos.com

Chrisco's Pottery in Rural Hall, NC
These are Raku glazed. Red, Black and White is such a cool combo!

Seagrove Stoneware - Seagrove, NC
David Fernandez in the artist. I overheard him say that all of the glaze is his own formulas. Very Cool!
www.seagrovestoneware.com

Raku by Andy Smith
Marshville, NC
I loved this blue design on this pot! He had several different shapes with this same raku design!

Rock Hill Pottery Center
Robert Hasselle
Rock Hill, SC

Here are some other potters that I liked below but I have no pictures.

Uwharrie Crystalline Pottery
William and Pamela Kennedy
Seagrove, NC

Kathy Whitley Pottery
leatherandpottery.com
Pink Hill, NC

Clay Play
Kannapolis, NC

Linda Dalton Pottery
West End, NC
lindadaltonpottery.com

Have a great week!
Kate

Pie Plate

Well, here it is. My first official pie plate!
The funny part is that is ended up being really small.
It is only like 7 to 8 inches across.
I guess that means it's a personal pie plate....more pie for me.

I signed up for the next session of classes which starts on June 4th.
So, after I pick up the finished pieces from this class I will have a big break before starting up again. So for those of you waiting for new pictures... remain patient.
I know that on this Friday or Saturday I will have two new vases to show you and bunch of bowls but then there will be a dry spell.

Keep checking back, I will post pictures of my other adventures in North Carolina.
There is a pottery festival this weekend and a kiln opening!
I might take pictures there.

Later-
Kate

Hummingbird Picture

My pottery teacher has been on vacation for about a week. She is the only one who loads and unloads the kilns so there is still no new pottery to show you.
I got this hummingbird feeder and snapped a shot of my new little friend.
Kate

Lots of Pots

So I have a big pile of pots in my living room. There are a few good ones that I want to keep but the rest I think I am going to have to give away or throw away. A bunch of them are just not even good enough to give to people. The glazes are too runny or the glaze scaled off the side or I think that it is just plain ugly. I really don't want to give someone a pot that looks like crap. Hopefully I will get better and stop making pieces that I think look really bad.

Today in the open studio I worked on 2 large vases and one large bowl. I started off with a little over three pounds of clay for each. They are the biggest things that I have made yet! Whoo Hoo!

Kate

This is a cute little pot that I glazed in Randy red and then in Black.
I really like the color combo.

This vase below was glazed in Blue Hare Fur and Spearmint

Whiskey Jug

This little whiskey jug is 4 inches wide and 5 inches from the base to the top of the cork.
It doesn't hold much whiskey but I'm not a big drinker anyway.
I finished a small 7 inch pie plate. It is not glazed yet but the fact that the bottom didn't crack while it was drying is a big deal to me. The last pie plate that I made was a disaster. Smile.
More new stuff below.
Kate

Here is a mug that I made for a girl that I used to work with.
I love it. I don't want to give it to her because I'm greedy, but I will.

Here is another chili bowl.

Completed Chili Bowls

Here are my completed chili bowls.
There are close ups below.

I was going to donate them to this fund raiser for my school but I found out that I will not be able to participate in the workshop that was being offered. Also, the guild that I would have to join only meets during the day so I wouldn't be able to do that either. On top of that, the fund raiser is during the day time too. Over all it is just not at good times for me.

This one below is my favorite shape.

This one below is my teachers favorite.
She doesn't really care for super shiny glazes.



This one below is my favorite glaze. Dark Dark green.



This one below is the last one close up.



I made a couple of other pieces that are in my slide show if you want to see them.

Have a great week!
Kate

Not Much New

The bowl above was one of the first things that I threw. It's not very good but I thought I would post it anyway because I just got it out of the glaze firing this past class.
On Weds my teacher taught me how to make a pie plate. It takes about three pounds of clay. I did great for my first time. I flattened the clay just fine and I carefully brought the edges up. I then decided that I wanted to make a ruffled edge. I finished that and a bunch of us were looking at it and saying how nice it looked.
Then...
I accidentally hit the foot pedal and made it spin super fast and the whole thing flattened!
I covered my eyes and we all started laughing.
Oh well.
Kate