forks throws pottery (and maybe you do too?) - An ILX Ceramics Thread

Are the vases made by dipping them in slip and then scraping the patterns in when it's dry?

nice work!

thanks!
yeah, with all those I take raw clay, dip it in porcelain slip and then sgrafitto with loop tools and needles
the vase is in quarters: crosses, grey matter, chain links and keith haring homage

Still planning on posting my ~30 year old ceramics pieces.

continuing to explore personal style; this is a halfway done cubist influenced piece depicting a vulture feeding a fledgling on a mountaintop

http://40.media.tumblr.com/e8949d872aeabf65eaacf5462297c8b1/tumblr_nm00vlfkV81qzyx8yo1_540.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/83ebf4c2f29b02455f842bd7c5caa5ae/tumblr_nm00hlr6541qzyx8yo2_540.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/5486140c5d6333535ab28b2e1322789b/tumblr_nm00hlr6541qzyx8yo3_540.jpg

Kinda proud of this turtle urn... going into the kiln next week when it dries out a bit.
http://36.media.tumblr.com/2f0347aa70cda080a8b0eca2addcecfa/tumblr_nn14fktmBi1qzyx8yo1_1280.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/0dd0d90a70136391d2ffc5f83466fb19/tumblr_nn14fyUeoM1qzyx8yo1_1280.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/c2ca851579e617c1e4cf5e0dfc27f356/tumblr_nn14gbGWyk1qzyx8yo1_1280.jpg
http://40.media.tumblr.com/f832bfc0e16b3ed2010dcb106591d351/tumblr_nn14gnMVft1qzyx8yo1_1280.jpg

so this is a brit thing now huh?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06nwm8g/the-great-pottery-throw-down-episode-1
any suggestions of how to watch this? I suppose I'll learn vpn now.

oh attic shape

you're freakishly good at this

"attic shape"?

oh, keats. thanks! I'm trying to get better.

This is the most recent thing worth noting that I've made; painting literally thousands of tiny effervescent bubbles in porcelain on the exterior of this bowl drove me half fucking crazy but it came out nice. With apple for scale.

http://i.imgur.com/Vy7AKki.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xWxsEZw.jpg

i gotta cop to having compulsively watched this; it's sorta like seeing every potter in every studio everywhere. Very standard types.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC1vPxmx9nc

Anyways, this is the latest thing I've invested a fair amount of effort in.

https://youtu.be/paRBnr3fPZ0

ah, goddammit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paRBnr3fPZ0

rather proud that i got the pattern on the top and on the lid to be one contiguous path apiece.

dang yo
http://cfileonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/32-julian-bond-ceramic-design.jpg
https://cfileonline.org/julian-f-bond-ceramic-design-2/

yowza
https://vimeo.com/61130398

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIKyIjz_hhk

This material can not be other than soil. The project focuses on the natural properties of soil. Earth, or Soil, as a construction material has been used since Neolithic times. The advantages of an earth – soil structure are primarily related to both the environment and economy, being secure and friendly to our environment. Soil also offers the benefits of natural insulation, fire protection, air circulation, low first cost, 100% recyclable structures, stiffness, great strength, thermal flywheel effect, low greenhouse emissions, regulating the climate and providing a healthy Indoor environment.

Some new work finished and in progress:

http://i.imgur.com/XfY4SK9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iac4hO3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w0ChRpH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2I8tECn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gJRRBt5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6sSkak9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/z1jNc0m.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fmhr2zY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/W96VtDl.jpg
the latter being a take on this:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/463595

my girlfriend's mom asked for something with a moose on it, so I made this for her:
side a
http://i.imgur.com/66lFwHQ.jpg
side b
http://i.imgur.com/FAPQ8Vh.jpg

dope

i've had something of a breakthrough in my trimming technique that's allowed me to make much lighter bowls. These are the things that make me happy.
Just spent six hours at the studio detailing some recent stuff. Here's the most recent batch, including my first paid requisition: the hash mark bowl in the back there. I also made a little "DRINK ME" vial as a gift for my gf's sister's kid. you can also put your weed in there.
http://i.imgur.com/fBVzQs0.jpg
this thing took me almost two hours to carve; I purposely left a lot of thickness on the body and then traced out a freehand flowing abstract pattern, then carved it out in relief and gave the raised portion a light drybrushing with porcelain. It looks a lot cooler in person
http://i.imgur.com/c4olSGR.jpg
The pangolin pattern, the ripple pattern and hashmark pattern are all things I've gotten practiced and better at over time. The big ears cup is a first time thing.
http://i.imgur.com/1G9zk5S.jpg

an art brut freeform vase
http://i.imgur.com/mLSoq6X.jpg
a more rigorously designed and executed vase with top; this thing was a bitch to build and I'm pleased with the way the glaze interacted with the meticulous detail work I put on.
http://i.imgur.com/Vb8jWxG.jpg
a few shot glasses and a lil' tiki guy (you can put a votive candle in back and light him up)
http://i.imgur.com/N5AqRMy.jpg

(here's what that vase looked like before glazing... doing this shit takes forever btw)
http://i.imgur.com/90LvYb2.jpg

Omg those vases are incredible! What type of glaze did you use on the second one?

I wish I had access to pottery equipment now. Growing up, my mum was always making stuff and we had a little kiln in the kitchen that would make the house unliveabley hot in the summer.

thanks; it's a mix of glazes on the "circles" vase, blue base and an accent to get the runniness. I wish it had been more translucent to keep the detail but you gotta deal with what they give ya.

https://cfileonline.org/oddity-aganetha-dyck-coaxes-bees-to-mend-broken-ceramics-contemporary-ceramic-art-cfile/

http://cfileonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2-oddity-aganetha-dyck-contemporary-ceramic-art-cfile.jpg

o hi ilx i made you a mug

http://i.imgur.com/n4tBL1O.jpg

haven't checked this thread in a while, your evolution is cool to see!

i think like three years ago i asked if you could make things with lids, clearly you are doing that now.

lol, yes. i know this thread may seem bloggy and self obsessed but i really wanted a place i could share, as you put it, "my evolution".
i'm fully intending to keep doing this until I die. Hopefully i will get better!

so are you taking commissions now? i still want a thing.

describe this thing in twenty words or less.

(also, as long as you're encouraging me)
http://i.imgur.com/TccsxSt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ok9cCqA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2Qxjd3T.jpg

describe this thing in twenty words or less.

― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:50 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a shallow dish (say 4.5" diameter, 1"-1.5" tall) with a lid that would be used to salt glass rims for making margaritas

cool. describe the decoration in twenty words or less?

whatever you like! go nuts.

hm. okay! give me a month or so. i will post here when i'm done

awesome!

No sombrero though!

aw

Six hours at the studio last night doing detail work before putting this in the kiln.

I will work on yr salt dish and a few other things shortly... would welcome other requests? I find doing requested work challenging and interesting; gives me the opportunity to learn new skills and test others.

Sorry if huge:

http://i.imgur.com/w4dA1Mq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/m2jQFtK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8NC03QW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CUCDC65.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1znFXU3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Oh91zWJ.jpg

nice work!

thanks!

here's what happened:

http://i.imgur.com/SQXyACkg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lbyCAXr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1tNl6f8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nKAHkCs.jpg

^last one is what these look like if you see them from the back

http://i.imgur.com/gMSFkHn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8NV0rca.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tXvxTJ7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/exJoDYt.jpg

still waiting on the mouth cup to come out. I owe you a salting plate. getting there.

new cups in progress

http://i.imgur.com/6u1gcs3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0DsPAxF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Fq0jLPx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zcRoYa2.jpg