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

then there's the 25 vases. i'll just post a group shot before they get packed up once they're all outta the kiln.

I like the Journey cup. It came out pretty well.

gracias!

dude. that is awesome.

admit it though, you were waiting for someone's mom to get insulted

i wasn't! it's always on my mind!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d3c52f93a93bb39595344b033d780cc/tumblr_mosv4x2GcE1snfsquo2_r1_400.gif

that is one terrifying GIF

how about a mug with Rigby screaming FRIEND ZONE! FRIEND ZONE! FRIEND ZONE!

heh. maybe. i have a muppet beaker one in the works.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/74c227e0a90bc5b23634a7dee2276fb6/tumblr_moeqs4C4ny1qzd9ino1_400.jpg

i don't remember that scene in Howard the Duck

Porn version, iirc.

http://johnsontsang.wordpress.com/
concepts are occasionally painfully obvious but the execution is amazing next level
http://johnsontsang.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dsc_7595.jpg%3Fw%3D640%26h%3D963

huh, i kind of stopped obsessively taking photos of my work at a certain point and just make stuff now.

Which is probably why I forgot to order some mugs. Doh!

but here's one from that batch of small vases I made for my sis
http://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/945689_10201567486447994_1254171632_n.jpg

EZ, I'm thinking about making a few more mugs. You wanted a Totoro like the above?

i used to live with a ceramacist/potter and our house was full of pottery. the different glazes interested me a lot, esp the difference when they came out of the kiln c/w how they went in. he made a lot of stuff that was that minty green color that i see a lot of in this thread.

I'm debating now. You want to try a Buttercup from the Powerpuff Girls mug? Maybe a green & black color scheme, with her on the side? It'd be a cool present.

hm. green background with a carved buttercup huh. i could try?

i was gonna make a jake and finn mug with their heads popping up from the bottom. starting sketching

Nice! If you want to give the Buttercup cup a try I'd be honored.

ahma put it in the mental queue.

i've been playing with votive/tealight candleholders in the shape of heads, monsters, tiki types. Ceramic JackoLanterns of sorts. the first is still in the carving stage, the second is fired and hanging out.
http://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1622673_10203111096837289_304043893_n.jpg
http://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/1618492_10203111103237449_1855005651_n.jpg

okay, i'm a little proud of how this guy is turning out.
http://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31/q85/s720x720/1911153_10203145383894444_2134917354_o.jpg

these are rad
http://neomexicanismos.tumblr.com/post/80645208888/iseo58-master-ceramic-artist-irma-garcia

ah me: http://neomexicanismos.tumblr.com/post/80645208888/iseo58-master-ceramic-artist-irma-garcia

Anyway, it's been awhile. I've fallen out of assiduously documenting this stuff but took a few photos last evening.
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/1978871_10203496630515390_549230163_n.jpg%3Foh%3D61460cfef229d5710bd03e8ec12b83e1%26oe%3D53A53BBB
Playing with carving through slip.
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/p600x600/1622615_10203496630435388_1720816154_n.jpg
My first handbuilt joined piece. I gave this to a lady who lives down the hall who lives in an amazing sugarplum palace and I hope she loves it. I got a hug.
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/p600x600/1613948_10203496630355386_1840854613_n.jpg
Bowl that turned out better than I planned.
http://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/p600x600/10178088_10203496630995402_1667521791_n.jpg
One of three little brothers who guard the front door and hold down votive candles. This guy's based loosely on the Kodama from Princess Mononoke, hence the cockeyed stare.
http://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/p600x600/10153247_10203496631035403_2069493285_n.jpg
The finished grinning head that I call Claude.
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/p600x600/1173802_10203496631315410_769883922_n.jpg
My little volcano-headed tiki guy.
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/p600x600/1505474_10203496631515415_1751048264_n.jpg
I'm proud of the detail work on the inside of the tiki head... painted and sculpted teeth!
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/1904017_10203496631675419_1726147229_n.jpg%3Foh%3Da2c9640f27a960b178aae4a0dad298e1%26oe%3D53B80852
Claude with candle lit.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/p600x600/1779927_10203496632035428_855801183_n.jpg
Tiki aflame.
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/p600x600/10176124_10203496631795422_615617173_n.jpg
BRRRROOOTHERS
/otter jugband xmas

Continued experimentation with small bowls to give away as gifts. I'm enjoying leaving the base raw so that the clay is tactile and pleasant to touch but smooth.

The current batch of small bowls (these average about two to three inches tall, 5 inches at the rim and 2 inches at the base) from my current practice; I have another ten of these due out of the kiln in the next two weeks and am aiming to make about twenty or twenty-five of them to give to friends and folks I'm getting to know. Next up should be practicing making handles for coffee cups, which I'm no good at. That'll be a good excuse to make more doofus-y cartoon cups and hopefully do a powerpuff gal for you as well EZ.

dang. stuff that got lost:
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/1904017_10203496631675419_1726147229_n.jpg%3Foh%3Da2c9640f27a960b178aae4a0dad298e1%26oe%3D53B80852
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/1978871_10203496630515390_549230163_n.jpg%3Foh%3D61460cfef229d5710bd03e8ec12b83e1%26oe%3D53A53BBB
http://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/p600x600/10169274_10203496632195432_95353910_n.jpg
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/1978871_10203496630515390_549230163_n.jpg%3Foh%3De8cdb51e7d5ea56318495747a8424785%26oe%3D53B48F87

aw fuggit.

last try:
http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t1.0-9/1176304_10203496632435438_630499565_n.jpg
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/1978871_10203496630515390_549230163_n.jpg%3Foh%3D61460cfef229d5710bd03e8ec12b83e1%26oe%3D53A53BBB
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/1904017_10203496631675419_1726147229_n.jpg%3Foh%3Da2c9640f27a960b178aae4a0dad298e1%26oe%3D53B80852

use something like this, looks like FB has cooked outside refs

gracias, will in future.

i like those tiki dudes

i want to hear more about this sugarplum palace tbh

it's a little old octogenarian who lives on my floor and decorates the door of her apartment with an array of holiday and season-related flair. it's in regular rotation and always makes me smile. I was taking out my garbage when she poked her head out to add water to the plants that were part of that creche and i told her how much i liked her style. She's an ex nursery school teacher, still heavily made up with coiffed frost white hair even in a housecoat. Her door was open and the inside of her house was like a cake topping, everything was pink and spotless white. Super shag carpet and doilies and hummels and curio cabinets. She was like the kind witch from Hansel and Gretel only harmless. Love that lady.

aw, she sounds awesome

These came out great, Forks.

working on lil' animal headed vessels. not sure if this is twee or what but it's kinda fun to do the hand sculpting. this is the batch going into bisque firing.
http://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10296886_10203864040740416_8089789217590186825_n.jpg
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/12698_10203864075261279_473081432871628075_n.jpg
rat cup
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10372768_10203864075221278_8361757787635270348_n.jpg
rabbit bowl
http://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10262019_10203864075341281_1824690545270744094_n.jpg
still figuring what this guy is. pig maybe?

Zantee Misfit? Angry dog (boxer)? Satan?

Those look great!

well EZS, it only took four months but I just put your buttercupcup in the kilnkiln
http://i58.tinypic.com/2jfkeap.jpg
I'm gonna paint in the eyes and blouse green, put a clear glaze over the rest of the figure and then do the rest in a light blue. Whattayathink?

Woohoo! I'm stoked. That looks amazing.

i'll post here when it gets through glazing and we'll see if it's to yr taste

I'm sure it will be. Thank you sir!

and here's a few new pieces i got today including the finished and glazed animal head bowls/cups
http://oi58.tinypic.com/3343mgg.jpg
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2a7uazb.jpg
http://oi58.tinypic.com/ojld6s.jpg
http://oi60.tinypic.com/1585khv.jpg
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2hwgr5k.jpg

and three more headed into the kiln that took some work, including an octopus tentacle-handle mug, a pebbled coffee stein of sorts and a large spiral vase
http://oi61.tinypic.com/25k3ofr.jpg
http://oi60.tinypic.com/11lse93.jpg
http://oi59.tinypic.com/vwtqfn.jpg

i've been putting in an average of about ten hours a week for the past month on this stuff and did a six hour session today. feels good man

I'm really glad (even if no one else is) that I've been posting work in this thread for so long. It's helpful to see work I've done from two years ago to compare growth and recognize my improvement... working in a studio alongside professional art and production potters can be pretty intimidating so i need occasional reminders that I've been getting better at this. Also I've given away about ninety percent of the work in this thread and it's nice to have some reference record.

Finished product EZS, whattayathink? It's about 4 inches tall and wide with another two inches for the handle.
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2hwe8ls.jpg

here's some of the above in final form as well
http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/10301197_10204092474531118_652020785924655137_n.jpg