All, Studio

2017_46

For all kinds of reasons, I made the decision to start putting away the moulds. I want to get reacquainted with the wheel. The wheel and I are like two old friends who have fallen out of touch. It’s going […]
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Hunter Caught in Bear Trap!

Is it wrong to find humour in the misfortune of others? With his foot caught in a bear trap and a facial expression reminiscent of “The Scream”, this mid nineteenth century match striker is a lot of fun. Judge me […]
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Woman in Uniform

Just this past week I was sure I had identified this unknown “Woman in Uniform” as Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna. She seemed to check all the right boxes. I had the images all tagged and uploaded. Then I began searching […]
All, Studio

2017_45

I spent the week working outside the studio doing other things which included photographing the results of last week’s firing. The 73 red and 39 greens as well as new tests 75 purple, 76 green and 77 blue. The reds […]
All, Studio

2017_44

Most of my week was spent preparing and applying glazes to some of the bisque fired closed forms from last week. By Sunday evening, there was enough work ready to fill the kiln. The contents are cooling as I write […]
All, Studio

2017_43

It was two days into the week by the time I finished cleaning the remaining greenware. From there I fired off both bisque kilns and let them cool. For the first time in months, I cleared the slab roller. With […]