A Couple Of New Pots

[Waldo Street Pottery]

These two came out of the kiln yesterday. They are both Earthen Red clay, one in gloss grey with yellow tones that break over the throwing lines, the other a tropical blue gloss glaze called Men In Tights.

 

[johng]

Very nice my friend!

 

[JudyB]

men in tights! I like that glaze. Do you do this commercially, or just for your own purposes?

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Thanks guys. I did sell some this spring at the Atlanta club's spring show. I sold most of what I had so I'm building my stock back up hoping to vend at the Winter Silhouette show in December.

 

[Steve Kudela]

Hey Eli, good looking pots! Rodney was here last week, he said you had been making some pots. Look forward to seeing more.

 

[Dav4]

Save a few accent pots for me, please!!

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Here's a few shohin oval pots fresh from the kiln. First, this blue is fairly metallic, and feels really good. Appx 5 x 4 x 1.5 inches.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Next is a nice green pot. 3 glazes to make this color on this small pot. Appx 4.75 x 3.5 x 1 inches.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Third is a creamy matte grey, with hints of yellow, blue and green and a very stony finish with a great feel. Appx 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.5. inches.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Finally, another creamy pot with more yellow and white tones with the pinkish accent. Appx. 5.5 x 4.25 x 1.25 inches. Thanks for looking...

 

[JudyB]

Very nice stuff Eli!

 

[zachkent29]

Looks great! What cone are these fired to?

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Thanks guys! These are all fully vitreous stoneware fired to cone 6.

 

[amcoffeegirl]

Shohin oval with "men in tights" glaze for me please.
Nice work. I love them

 

[dalberti]

Beautiful. Are you selling any of these?

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Here's a quick glimpse of a few fresh pots..

 

[CWTurner]

I don't know anything about pots or pottery, but I was wondering how you create an oval pot that appears to be spun (thrown?) Is there a special wheel to do that or just skill?

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Good question CW. I throw a round shape on the wheel and after the clay is centered I open it all the way to the wheel head, leaving no clay on the bottom. I make the walls the shape I want and let it set up, then remove it and alter the shape into an oval. For the bottom I roll out a slab and connect the ring to the slab. There are other ways, but this way I get to throw on the wheel and use hand building techniques. Getting a symmetrical oval that holds it's true shape all the way thru the process is difficult as things can easily get warped and wonky. I won't say I'm after perfection as these hands are not capable of such feats. But the pursuit of better and better keeps me coming back for more. Thanks for looking.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

A couple more out today. Onward and upward.

 

[johng]

Looking very good Eli! Any chance of knocking down the shine a little on the glazed pots? When I look closely at my favorite glazed containers they always seem to have more of a matte finish....something to work toward!

Thanks for posting....we need all the good potters we can get!