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The story on this page is a selection of interesting photos in the directory: Mikes Pots 2004 Q3 and Q4.
The complete set of photos is available at: Mikes Pots 2004 Q3 and Q4.
I've been lucky enough to sub-lease this studio space for October through December. A wheel is hiding at the bottom left corner of the photo. The space ends at the table in the foreground covered in someone elses pots. I share the space with one other person.
Here is another part of the same room this section has two other artists who share it.
This kiln is one of three gas kilns at Mudflat studio. This is the middle sized '36' being unloaded.
This medium size kiln is fully loaded and just about to be fired.
The glider is cut into the soft clay and then protected with a wax resist when the pot is glazed. The black glaze does not adhere to the wax resist letting the white image show through.
This pair of mugs is made of porcelain. The interior is finished in Shaner White. The exterior in Mason Satin Black. The mugs stand about 5 inches high.
This bowl was given to Rich and Priscilla Williams celebrating his safe return from 6 months of construction work in Iraq.
The Clay is centered by pushing in and making a solid cylinder. Then a hole is pressed into the center.
The center hole and sides are pressed into each other to make smooth straight sides.
We start with a lump of clay on the wheel.
A curved surface is started at first by pressing out with fingers on the inside and outside of the bowl.
This is the side view of the pressing out step.
The interior shape of the bowl is formed with a rib pressing out against fingers on the outside.
This rib is used to make a broader swooping shape. The straight side is also used on the outside to give the outside wall a controlled form.
The bowl is cut free of the wheel and set aside to dry out and stiffen up.
Returning to the wheel with the clay the consistancy of cheese the sides are trued up by trimming clay away, defining the exact shape of the outside and how it joins to the foot.
The tools at the bottom of the picture are used to trim the base and the foot. The grey plastic forms the rounded foot.
The bottom is trimmed out to give a space between the foot and the base of the bowl. The base is also signed.
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