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Why ceramics? Why function? Why decoration?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

Why ceramic art? I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. I still love to draw, but I wanted to bring my artwork into the third dimension… I also really like the idea that something beautiful can be … Continue reading →

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Working with color… and my own handmade ink brush!

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

I just got my amaco underglazes in the mail. I have new direction and new motivation- my sketchbook looks like a tornado of color. I made plates to test my new colors on.. I will take some pictures of my … Continue reading →

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Making small steps: Wax resist inlay flower plate

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

  Photo: My latest inspiration– a big thanks to Joe Pintz for pointing out that I could just paint wax resist over the green underglaze and then carve and inlay an image in black. I should have tried this ages … Continue reading →

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Awake, rise, and create– spring is coming.

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

  Photo: Tribal Awakening. Sprayed watercolors, ink, colored pencil, and white charcoal on paper. Kira Call, 2013. Just another doodle in my sketchbook… it’s what I was feeling that day. I have been trying to follow my artistic instincts for … Continue reading →

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Progress: slip design plate– Aquamarine Waterlily pattern

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

    I’m trying to develop the new idea… but I am currently waiting on an order from AMACO to arrive, so my color palette is limited at the moment. I do have this lovely green underglaze that fires to … Continue reading →

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As an artist: I am responsible to create.

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

Photo: Green Tree Shrooms… a doodle that I drew on Sunday (2/17/13). Sprayed watercolors, ink, and colored pencils. Sometimes it’s hard to be an artist. Nights like these just make it more noticeable… when the creativity doesn’t quench the thirst … Continue reading →

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New design idea: colored slip with black and white

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

So I have a million ideas trying to explode from my mind and I feel compelled to share them. This is my latest design idea 🙂

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Spring!

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

  People and streets and birds and sun, Dreamin’ of springtime, I come undone. Waiting, anxiously. The sun wakes my soul– Sun rays draw me in, gravitational pull. I need budding trees, my vitamin D! I want my sunshine, I … Continue reading →

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Penta-Mugs!

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

  This is my newest mug form… wheel-thrown, rib-altered, with a wheel-turned foot and a pulled handle. This series is from last semester. I think I came up with the form and surface towards the end of last November. I … Continue reading →

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Perception.

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Kira Call Ceramics

Different through different eyes. The way we perceive… everything. Timelessness divides, I see the way I’m supposed to go. Things never go that way– neither do I. Stretched away from what I know, Separated from what I was, I now … Continue reading →

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