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

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

gotta ask why do you always make these giant handles

just something I'm experimenting with these two or three batches; interested in the trickiness of expanding the surface design to the handle.
also it all shrinks in the kiln so it makes sense to make everything larger than you would think in the throwing.

now with hand painted glazes; jesus christ, this took me twelve hours. seriously. It might not work. I'll find out next week.

http://i.imgur.com/5jhwZpm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CzsChaV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QClL4sX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7dsk2TE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ti4lHQX.jpg

wine glass for my boo

http://i.imgur.com/0XVs5w0.jpg

Not gonna front, I'm proud of how these turned out.

http://i.imgur.com/BjYxhNS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4QQ5twA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nloaISl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Vcq3J1R.jpg

thumbs up

three new cups done on consignment as wedding gifts for a friend

http://i.imgur.com/0rYNnfK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9CrObYa.jpg

cad, I'm afraid that salt bowl is gonna have to wait; i'm gonna try a piece of political art that may take a month or two. Will report back.

no prob, i'll be around

i mean
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNqHvIIgpC-/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNqHvIIgpC-/

weird. alright:
https://vimeo.com/94667191

https://vimeo.com/195532231

and since I'm here I might as well share some recent work in progress. These are all not yet bisqued.

http://i.imgur.com/9b8hH6k.jpg

^ mostly done interior of a platter/bowl

http://i.imgur.com/pmsr2Hz.jpg

^ small vase

and then these two are my first attempts at making trump vases. it's harder than i thought; think i'll be working on this for awhile.

http://i.imgur.com/XXajm60.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5xJ7LSM.jpg

Forks, there's a new series of The Great Pottery Throwdown on the BBC. A really good group this year. If you can't find it then send me a private message if you can torrent.

Love that platter!

the city plate = super dope

thanks! I am still finishing the painting on the plate... it's probably thirty hours of work.
Trumps came out glazed. will post images later.

http://i.imgur.com/ltFrXQU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iN5pU6h.jpg

^ Trump 1: slight profile and rear.

http://i.imgur.com/3pyu3av.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7UTOhAA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6wvaW8E.jpg

^ Trump 2: front (i kinda like the face cracking), profile and rear.
The quote is from Lincoln: "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a ntaion of freemen, we must live through all time or die by suicide."

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

^ Abstract synapse vase

http://i.imgur.com/47LYydd.jpg

Definitely the most complex thing I've made yet. About thirteen or so inches in diameter. Created by throwing the bowl, coating the interior in white slip, carving the design into the slip, firing the bowl, then delicately painting every surface with glaze. Took a good two or three months; probably about thirty hours or so. Made this for a fellow ilxor and good friend. Will likely try more in this vein in the year ahead.

Some detail shots:

http://i.imgur.com/5FhJBV5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ibiRF5h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/luMijbu.jpg

damn man