I just started another session at Lill Street in Corinne Peterson's "Dreams, Myths and Stories" class and realized I never shared my finished work from the spring session. This started out from a drawing I shared in my January Newsletter with a wish to make a functional tiered server...instead it turned into a very whimsical sculpture...sometimes it's nice when things don't turn out the way you expect them to...happens to me a lot when it comes to ceramics!
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You Say Tomato...
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And I say we just grew our first Tom-ah-to (that made it!)...Well, it's Rich's tomato -I cannot take credit. It's beautiful and has a lovely little greencrown. I decided to give it a throne...a whimsical soap dish I made atLill Street.
Recent works in clay...
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Acupuncture72
We had our final spring class at Lill Street on Monday night, so I brought home some new pieces. These are both carved terra cotta tiles painted with slips and underglazes. The foot (created after my first accupuncture treatment earlier this spring) is about 2.5"x6" and the squarish tile is 2.75"x3"...an image that surfaced during a conversation with my friend Erica about a dream she had involving a crow. I have some interesting 3d pieces as well but still need to photograph them. This clay journey never ends, I'm constantly learning new things and am often surprised with what comes out of the kiln. I will miss the great people I have had the honor of working with in Corinne Peterson's class: "Dreams, Myths & Stories" over the last 12 weeks. I'll start up again in the fall, her class has been inspiring me for many years now as do the other students who take it.
Sgraffito for Me-o
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Humanbeast
Sgraffito:
A technique where a top layer of color is scratched to reveal a colour beneath. The term comes from the Italian word sgraffire meaning (literally) "to scratch".
I recently figured out how to do sgraffito on terra cotta tiles after a little bit of trial and error. The key is to carve before the first bisque firing and use many layers of white underglaze. I love it, this one is called...HumanBeast...I think.
Getting My Hands Dirty
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To keep some balance in my soul I have been carving clay tiles at Lill Street Art Center in a class called "Dreams, Myths and Stories" taught by a wonderful artist - Corinne Peterson. This piece is stoneware.