A cool title for a not-so-cool occurence. Darn my memory! I can't remember what project was what to go with the pictureless paragraphs I've already written. Gar!

*Stalks off muttering and grumbling and growling at self*

This was the biggest piece of clay I've ever worked with, at least on the wheel - and I'm pretty sure off of it, as well! It was going to be the base of my hand-and-wheel project, but I liked it took much on its own for that.

Measuring an even four inches tall and nearly six inches wide, this bowl - if it can be called that - has a deep base, mildly sloped body and slight flare at the lip. The base flares out roughly half an inch from the body, and holds no footring. It was dipped in matte Turquoise glaze, and a thin stripe of clean rim around the lip of the footring contrast with the gentle but vibrant color of the glaze.

My Lidded Project was thrown on the wheel, choked closed, and the lid then shaped and cut out with a pin tool, measuring 3 1/4" tall with the lid and 2 3/4" at the widest point of the body. It has a straight, slightly off-center lower body and base with a thin, shallow footring, and narrows from the body to the neck before flaring out ever so slightly for the mouth. The lid was cut out at a downward angle, and has a short, rounded knob on the top. The main body was glazed white, excluding the mouth where the lid rests, while the lid itself was glazed in dark cobalt blue and a shadow-green cap on the knob.

This is a wheel-thrown bowl measuring 2 1/2" tall by 3 1/2" wide. It has a thick base and lower body, a somewhat ragged, uneven rim, and a shallow footring with a wide base. It was glazed half in dark purple, half in dark green; a dark powder-blue was produced where the two glazes overlapped.

This is another wheel-thrown bowl, measuring 2" tall by 5". It has a slightly bell-shaped profile, with a narrow base ending in a shallow, flat-bottomed footring and one side of the rim squished in and up slightly. It was glazed in shadow green, with the majority of the inner and outer bodies being nearly black before fading sharply into a lightly, rust-flecked green near the rim.

This is a wheel-thrown cylinder, measuring 3 1/2" tall by 3 1/2" wide. It has a somewhat off-kilter profile, a narrow base that flares out in a crisp, shallow footring, and a half-inch crack in the rim. It was glazed in Shadow Green, and transitions from nearly black in the lower inner surface to a lighter shade near the rim and on the outer body, with dark streaks and patches on the outer surface and pooled along part of the footring.

This is a wheel-thrown bowl measuring 2 1/4" tall by 3 1/2" wide. It has a thick, squat base that slopes slightly outwards to the rim, with a shallow footring and small rip in the rim.. It was glazed in Shadow Green, and shows dark, almost black patches conregating upon the lighter base hue.

This is a wheel-thrown plate, measuring 3/4" tall by 4 1/2" wide. It has a thick, shallow rim and even thicker base, with a slight indentation of a footring. It was glazed in dark green, and came out with a watery look that thins at the rim, and ends in a stripe of dark hue just below on the outer edge, halfway towards the base.

This is a wheel-thrown bowl, measuring 1 1/2" tall by 3 1/4" wide. It has thin sides and an extremely thick base, very thin, shallow footring and ragged, uneven rim. It was glazed in cobalt blue to just shy of the footring, with a darker stripe running across the inner surface, flaring thicker towards one side.

This is my Set of Three. All are wheel-thrown bowls, measuring, from smallest to largest: 1" 1/4 tall by 4" 3/4 wide; 2" 1/2 tall by 4" 1/2 wide; and 1" 3/4 tall by 5" wide. The bodies spread quickly outwards from the inner bottoms, overshadowing the shallow, straight-cut footrings and smoothed-flat bases. Each were dipped in matte Turquoise glaze, with light Sand hand-brushed overtop on the inner surfaces, the rims, and down to just below the mouths. The result is reminiscent of drying oil or other liquid, with the Sand giving the Turquoise a shine and more blue-green hue than would otherwise be achieved at the inner bottom and 'drying', or changing to matte, as it moves up the sides towards the rim. In the bottoms, the glazes combined to create a deep blue with liberal lighter flecks throughout, creating an illusion of starry deep-space nebulae.

Here now is also an extra Choice project. Thrown on the wheel, it measures 1" 3/4 tall by 5" 1/2 wide. Flaring in a straight diagonal from the base, as would be seen in a wide cone, the rim is flattened at an angle rather than rounded, emphasizing the straight angles of the body in general. The base has a slight outer footring, rounding to a flat base with shallow blade-shaped indents around the edge pointing inwards towards the center. It was dipped in matte Turquoise and brushed over with light Sand on the inner surface, the rim and slightly down the outer body. resulting in a graduating matte-to-shiny from the rim down to the inner base. The bottom is a deep blue with much lighter 'dust' thickly clustered within it, creating the illusion of a star-strewn nebulae; the Sand glaze has given a more blue-green hue to much of the inner body.

Another Choice! This one an extra. Meh.

Is, it. Say what I, know I not. Do what I, unknown.



This is a wheel-thrown Bowl 2" tall by 5" wide.  With a short, steep slope to the base, which sports a neat, shallow footring, the shape of this bowl draws the eye, with the rim pulled out at seven points to make an almost petal-like hexagon. The glaze is Turquoise mixed with what I believe is Sand, which has resulted in a largely blue-tinted forest green interspersed with patches and streaks of a grainy multi-hued blue. It sits highly unevenly on the piece, with the clay below easily showing through the common thin spots.
The semi-complex final glaze shows off the elegantly simple shape of the piece.



Thought you write I paragraph the whole this like, you not did? Was and thought, silly I...

I'm so creative with my titles, aren't I?

Aaaaand here we go! Second Theme!


This is my second Theme Choice, a wheel-thrown bowl measuring 2" tall by 5" wide. It slopes steeply to a very narrow base, with a footring that remains completely flat on the bottom; the lip was bumped while the piece was still wet, making the body and rim slightly flat and raised on one side. The glaze is Shadow Green, with both the inner and outer surfaces fading from thin and pale at the rim to thick and dark down towards the base. A spot of white shows through in one spot above the footring, the glaze otherwise pooling along the edge of the foot and in one place dripped to almost touch the floor.
The dynamics of the glaze complement the simple form, to create a simple yet elegant look.


Other than that bump on the side, I'm really happy with how this one turned out! ~Another one bites the dust, YEAH!~


I know I'm strange. Don't judge me.

Presenting my first Theme Choice!