New Cone 10 Soda Fired Work

I have been busy in the studio - making mugs, bowls, jewelry, and a few sculptures.  

A friend snapped this picture of my while she was explaining how to use her camera.  She was kind enough to let me borrow her camera so that I could document my most recent pieces.  Here are a few of the many new finished mugs and bowls that now sit boxed up on my self at The Clay Studio of Missoula.   These pieces are all soda fired to cone 10 and the exterior surfaces are primarily left unglazed. The surfaces are decorated with layered flashing slips and carved designs.  The mugs hold approximately 12 ounces of liquid.  

Dandilion Mugs 

Germinating Bean Seed Handle-less Mug

Maple Leaves and Samaras Handle-less Mug

Mushroom Handle-less Mugs 

Roots Handle-less Mug

Small Stacking Bowls 

There are many more exciting images and event details to come!  Stay tuned with the happenings at Sticks and Stones Workshop!

Snap Shots of the Holiday MADE fair 2013!

Thank you for coming out and supporting local artists!

Wood and Ceramic Jewelry - In Progress

These small (1.25" x 1.25" and 2" x .75") tiles are a return to some of my favorite subject matter. 

The structures of algae, diatoms and plants. 

The designs are carved into Cone 10 Stoneware through a layer of Titanium Yellow Flashing Slip.
I can not wait to see how they turn out after being fired in a Soda Kiln.

Work in Progress - Large Mugs

Large Stoneware Mugs to be Soda Fired to Cone 10.
Images are etched/stamped into a Titanium Yellow Flashing Slip with White Slip Details added.

I have no idea how they will turn out - but I hope they will turn out beautifully.

MADE fair Booth!

How much stuff can you fit in a 4 x 6 space?

This much:

Rustic Coffee Table - Custom Order

 After the last coat of finish dried, this came out of the workshop today:

The table top and the shelf are Douglas-Fir Slabs.  The shelf is joined with walnut pegs. 

The legs are peeled pine logs. 

A Surface to be Touched

I run my hands over the satiny surfaces of the cups I am unwrapping.  They need to be touched.  The water etched images are lifting through the surface of the glaze.  Last night I brought back a box of still warm to the touch cups and I am just now taking a moment to soak them in.  They are beautiful. 

 The leather hard surface with shellac designs.                                       The final glazed result.

The surfaces are subtle and satiny.  The cups nestle into palms of my hands.
Soon I will box these up, and Sunday I will drive them downtown to MADE fair where they will passed from hand to hand and touched.