Friday, April 30, 2010

Soup Mug Update



8 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Love the swelling forms, the fat rims, the handles, but those surfaces are lush!
    Nice...

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  2. The decoration of these is awesome!

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  3. Fetishgost said it all; I'm drooling al over my keyboard...... gorgeous!!!!

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  4. Great design and texture! Is that just trailed slip made out of the same clay?

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  5. Thanks! You all are so kind.

    When I was young I went to a David Leach workshop. It was something he said that changed my pottery from then on. He said that he thought a good pot will seem to be more animated -- will come alive -- if it appears to have been inflated from within.

    When I heard him say that, things clicked in my mind. It was an insight into why I was more attracted to some shapes than to others. That animation. That "inflated" look.

    It was some time later that I started trying to achieve that look even in things (like bowls) that are only semi-spherical.

    The slip I use is just a simple stoneware slip, but it's not the same as my clay body. I use a slip that is:

    85% Gold Art
    15% OM4
    5% Soda Feldspar

    It only works on clay that still has moisture in it (not on bone dry clay)

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  6. have to chime in here to say the bowls are absolutely beautiful. i love that slip design, gorgeous!

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  7. I shouldn't have posted my slip recipe without checking. I didn't remember it correctly. It's:

    Gold Art 8500 grams
    Flint 1500 grams
    Soda Feldspar 500 grams
    OM4 2000 grams

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