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Keepers

Morning Glory Carvings

A set of four. Each cup has a detailed drawing of a morning glory from a different angle. The rest of the piece is carved with vines, leaves, and closed buds. They have yet to be fired.

A Kiln At Home

We left the stuffing out last night. A nibbling critter got stuck and couldn't get out.

A small tea pot made as a demo for an evening wheel throwing class at Mud Slingers Pottery. 

I hope to take it to The Indigo Tea Market in Historic Gold Hill after it's fired.

A small character I made with the "pinch pot" technique that has yet to be fired.

Purchased this 5.83 cubic feet electric kiln from Carolina Clay Connection in Charlotte. 

We are now working on the most effective placement and wiring at home. 

A Good Pair

Creamer

Creamer thrown with Pottery Central's white shop clay

Glazed with satin white and pippen green

Fall of 2010

Small creamer

Mud Slingers white stoneware

The lighter portion is a satin white glaze with antique iron as a second coat

The darker portion is one coat of antique iron

This shallow bowl is thrown with Pottery Central's white shop clay

The radial leaf pattern is painted free hand with a black underglaze

A clear glaze coats the entire bowl

Hospice Angels 2010

2010 Light Up A Life Fundraiser: Hospice Cabarrus Branch

200 white stoneware

200 brown stoneware

Similar to last year, they are wired with copper to attach a dinger and ribbon. 

It functions as a bell ornament.

Casserole Dish

This is a casserole dish made from a speckled brownstone clay.

It is oven safe. The interior is a satin white glaze. 

Exterior glaze is a multiple layer of pippen green which is matte.

When these two glazes are layered, the effect are shades of pink, purple and gray.

Faceted Tumblers

Black stoneware

Faceted tumblers

Mediterranean Mist glaze, double dipped

Bird Bowl

shallow medium bowl

white clay, black underglaze drawings and clear glaze over

Carved Tree Mini Plates

5.25 inches in diameter

Right under 6 inches in diameter

Both plates are thrown with black stoneware purchased at Mud Slingers of Concord, NC

Glazed initially with Mediterranean Mist. Decided would rather use Antique iron, so washed off, but could not get it out of the carved grooves. That is the blue visible. The variety in the matt antique iron glaze gives the trees a mossy look. 

Trees were carved when leather hard

Jet black underglaze

White shop clay from Pottery Central

Amaco velvet underglaze purchased from Carolina Clay Connection in Charlotte, NC

Underglaze applied on greenware

Clear glaze

6.25 inches in diameter

White stoneware purchased at Mud Slingers

Amaco velvet underglaze applied on greenware

Forget-Me-Not flowers

10 inches in diameter; wall a little more than 1 inch high

For The Farmer's Market

Black stoneware

Glazed with Mediterranean Mist

Carved ribs on exterior

Stands 2.25 inches tall and 4.75 inches wide

Cerulean and Ryoko glaze

These three pieces are all hand thrown with white stoneware.

They are glazed with a Cerulean matte base and partially dipped in Ryoko second. 

This gives them a surface that is a mixture of glossy and matte.

The bowl was sold today at the Piedmont Farmer's Market on Winecoff School Road.

Mug with Birds

White stoneware

Mug body thrown and handle pulled

Glaze cerulean with ryoko dipped on top half and inside

Two carved birds on side opposite of handle

About 3.5 inches tall; base 3.5 inches wide

Mouth narrower than base

Hospice Holly Angels 2009

Ceramic angels made for Cabarrus County Hospice Branch.

Contains bead strung and wired with copper in interior to create bell.

Able to hang with ribbon.

100 brownstone and 200 white clay.

Fired at Mud Slingers Pottery.

Stand about 3-4 inches high.