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Tag Archives: hand building
Light through the Trees
I feel like I’m almost done working on my applications for graduate school. I’ve just got to make a few phone calls about transcripts and send off my application packets today, but I can see the light through the trees! … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Uncategorized
Tagged ceramics, ginkgo pottery, hand building, Kira Call Ceramics, soda firing, soft slab
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New portfolio in the making
I am trying to scrape together all of my materials for graduate school applications. I should have had the photos done ages ago, but I had a long dry spell before coming up with the willow designed work. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Design, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged art portfolio, ceramics, ceramics graduate program, Etsy, hand building, Kira Call Ceramics, pottery, soft slab, willow leaves, willow pottery
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Home Studio- Status: COMPLETE!
Since working in the University studio in the summer, I’ve figured out a good home studio setup. I bought a kiln just before Halloween 2015, and it arrived the next week. At first, the plan was to clean out … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Botany, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Nature, Painting, Uncategorized
Tagged art, botanical illustration, ceramic art, drawing, hand building, kira call, Kira Call Ceramics, poppies, poppy, pottery, wake and bake mug
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Christmas Kiln Push
Above is a photo of some plates that I made during the summer. I drew the rhododendron flowers in a diagonal pattern on the plate instead of how they naturally appear. I remember how gorgeous and overwhelming it was to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Nature, Painting, Uncategorized
Tagged botanical illustration, ceramic art, ceramics, hand building, kira call, Kira Call Ceramics, painting, poppies, pottery, rhododendron
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Moving Forward
Pottery sales have been good this year. I used to think that if I wasn’t part of a big group sale like I was in school, I could never make as much money from pottery. This year, I have made … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Botany, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Nature, Uncategorized
Tagged botanical illustration, ceramic art, ceramics, cups, hand building, kira call, Kira Call Ceramics, pottery
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Botanically Illustrated
I didn’t post many pictures of my newer botanically illustrated work what with the transition this summer and getting a new job. Above is a sandwich plate decorated with a prickly pear cactus. I entered it into an exhibition, but … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Uncategorized
Tagged Botanically Illustrated, ceramics, hand building, Hudgens Cup Show, Kira Call Ceramics, prickly pear
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The Mad Tea-Potter!
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about my grad school portfolio. The application deadline is about 10 months away, but one of the things I have lost sleep over before is wondering whether I have images of work that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Daydreaming, Design, Print Making, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged art, hand building, hand built teapot, handbuilding ceramics, Kira Call Ceramics, tea pot, tea set, teapot
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Free-Flowing Flowers
Oh, how I long to be free to just flow with the undulations of the day– the rising and setting of the sun, the passing of the clouds. Right now, I can’t just flow. I have to be locked into … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Creative Writing, Deep Thought, Design, Drawing, Nature, Painting, Science, Sculpture, Uncategorized
Tagged brush work, hand building, japanese calligraphy, orchids, soft slab cup
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Getting my hands back in the mud
Oregon… hmm… sounds like a good idea to me. Is it? Or is it not? (happening) A friend mentioned a planned trip to Oregon… but the details are still up in the air. We talked about it in person last … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Daydreaming, Photography, Science
Tagged bede clark, ceramic art, hand building, northwest coast, oregon, pottery, salt firing, soda firing, throwing, visiting artist, wood firing, workshop
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Soda Firing and Thunder
This was a bottle that I soda-fired earlier in the semester– not realizing just how much residual soda there was in the kiln, I figured that a couple more pounds couldn’t hurt… and this is just one of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, Photography, Science
Tagged bottle, ceramic, clay, hand building, high school friends, lightning, pottery, rain, soda firing, thunder
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