Digging for a post

Pottery wasn't fired at the center so I don't have the completed pieces I had planned to post. What to do, what to do.  I wandered around the house looking in nooks and shelves for pottery that managed to escape my camera lens. By the time I had found this pot, the sun was setting. I usually make a point of taking photos during the day in a room other than my "cave". The natural light floods into the room through three very large windows  which makes photography so much easier.  I have not figured out an alternative yet.  So with one hand using an LED flashlight (a super duper bright one)  and my camera in my other, I tried to get a descent photo, all the time while my camera was indicating that I shouldn't take any photo. Low battery and low light... or something like that. What do cameras know? The glaze is Amaco's Blue Rutile  and the medallion is Coyote's Shino.

The mountains are always photogenic. I had to take their picture too.

Boho pot

This is a "bohemian" pot I made as a gift for someone who is very special. I carved and fired stamps for the sprigs on the side. Leaves on the lid were applied and then carved at the soft leather stage of drying. The knob is reminiscent of the spires of a temple and the glaze is Coyote's shino which I brushed on because I never have a big enough bucket of glaze.

Come on baby, let's do the twist!

 Glazed with Coyote's shino and accented with Amaco's Indigo float.

As you can tell by now, I am all over the place as far as discovering a style for my pots or even sticking to a color scheme. But how do you know unless you try things out. So as I was throwing this vase, it developed a twist at the neck. I probably overworked the clay but managed to stop short of it's collapse. The other two vases, I twisted deliberately. At least I have a set of similar pots. A little bit of  homage to George Ohr.  The mad potter of Biloxi who made crazy twisted pottery.    www.justartpottery.com/collectors_pottery/ohr_pottery_history.htm  That was fun, but my style search continues. I am hoping I'll know it when I see it.