Introducing my latest Moon Vase - The surface has been carved to mimic weathered stone, creating a captivating tactile texture that invites touch. Left unglazed on the exterior, the piece retains its natural, rugged charm, enhanced only by a light wash of iron oxide to deepen its tones and highlight the intricate details.
I have been very much influenced recently by several potters I met early on when I first started pottery more than 10 years ago. For a long while I was working on throwing and trimming super thin vessels with perfectly circular feet, and striving for perfection, inspired by Yoshi Fuji and his truly stunning work, by my first (and favorite,) professor, Michelle Coakes, and her beautiful, simple and quirky pieces so filled with personality. But over the years I kept coming back to Linda Christensen, and her funny, beautiful, imperfect work that wasn’t flawless but just kind of worked and felt nice when you use it. In all honesty I wasn’t sure if I liked them or not the first time I saw them, but they have STUCK in my brain like a burr. Very recently, I abandoned my pursuit of perfection and decided a few months back that the perfection I was seeking was just making a really, REALLY nice coffee mug. The one that becomes your favorite, and you can’t figure out why, the one you reach for and are bummed when you realize it’s in the dishwasher. The one you drink a slow morning coffee, tea or cocoa out of on the weekends. I’m still working on my perfectionist tendencies, (an untrimmed foot?! NO.) but I really love the direction I’m heading in now because it feels the most like “Me” here’s to growth in 2025
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chilly weekends at the studio ~ swipe to see some progress on a purpose built butter dish i'm making for my partner and I.
We needed something that would fit in our fridge door, that has low sides so the butter is easy to cut when opened and with handles so it is easy to lift the container out of the fridge door shelf ~ and voila this is what i came up with! Planning to keep the body of the dish in natural clay and to paint the handles a bright red, at least for now. This is one of the main reasons I love having a ceramics practice so much, i can purpose build all kinds of things i need for my home and have 100% control over the design and function.
