Handled

I haven't got all of them done. 3 are complete. One needs some jute around the wire an the little attachment brackets broke off of the other so I'm gonna have to figure something out for the future. My favorite is more simple wooden handle with jute. Least favorite and is the first one I did and the one that took the longest....with all the wood....technically its not wood. Its willow but oh well. The one with the red/orange lid.

Glazing for wood fire.

I forgot to post....whoops.
Mixed media teapots are glazed shino or iron saturate on the insides and a combination of the 3 shinos we have on the outside. So excited for the wood fire!

Wood fire!

Everything all lined up before and after firing.

Love love love love love how my teapots turned out. Excited to get the handles goin!

Update!

I have finally gotten out of the stone age and have a data plan on my phone and am proud to say I should be blogging regularly from now on. Yay! Anywho...

I've been working on making plates with red stoneware and putting white slip over it different designs and patterns. Trying to decide what I like.

I had originally intended on making designs into the white slip to show red through but it didn't work quite as well as I hoped it would. When I was doing the design my clay was too wet and I would end up putting a dent in my plates. I'm gonna try drying them out a bit before I put the slip on and see if that helps....I am liking my accidental results. When I messed up the first plate I just kinda smeared it out with a rib and it turned out pretty cool. It makes the white less intense and kinda smoky looking. I really enjoy the inconsistencies of the smeared slip against the symmetry the thrown form.

mixed media 2013

For the mixed media project I wanted to continue to work on throwing. I had seen a teapot with a wooden handle a while ago and have been wanting to make teapots so I thought it was fitting.

I made four bodies with lids and numerous spouts. The spouts were giving me trouble at first. Having to make them thin and long and then transfer them was a hassle. Discovering the heat gun was a savior.

Of the four bodies, two survived the trimming phase. 








I am still working on some spouts. These are probably not the spouts I will use but they could be. I really like the shape of this first spout with the body so I might keep that one but I'm still not totally satisfied with the bottom one.














I have two more in the works and will work on more. I think I will end up throwing two or three more just so I know I will end up with at least one.
I am also considering making some teacups and saucers. Note that none of these teapots have handles. I plan to soak wood and incorporate it in a way that acts as a handle and decoration. If I do end up having time to throw cups and/or saucers I will come up with a way to incorporate the wood as handles for them as well.

Totally blank on for next project ideas until a conversation with Thea today. I first thought about doing a tea pot with tea cups and sugar holder. but i wanted the viewer to be more involved. gave some thought to creating almost a 3d wallpaper and having each viewer either taking a piece down or putting a piece up. depending on when it was viewed the viewers would each get a different take on the piece. I also considered creating something like a castle and cutting it into sections and having some kind of diagram so the viewer would have to put the pieces together to view the whole piece. I also considered creating different vessels from movies and having the viewer guess which movie its from. I would have a photo of the vessel in the movie its from inside the vessel. the viewer would record what they thought it was from. each guess would be recorded under the vessel so that the next viewer could see what other people thought. examples would be the honey pot from whinny the pooh or the lamp from Aladdin.

After talking to Thea, i think i have decided to do a tera cotta wine chiller with goblets. Some kind beverage would be in the wine chiller and the viewer would pour their own goblet. The viewer would be getting the drink out of the chiller, choosing their own goblet, and filling them then drinking from it. The viewer wouldnt be as involved in the creating process but would be very involved with the final product. Plus i would be able to get more throwing practice in which is one of my goals for the semester.

Reference pics are below.

thrown pics

Better late than never.