cdefoe
Mame
thanks! it's a slab of petrified wood i picked up on a road trip a few years ago from one of the many rock shops in/around custer, sd
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penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
I am really impressed............. and feel a little bit threatened. 
Guess I better get back to the studio. I have too many fricken plants and have not worked with clay for months.
Guess I better get back to the studio. I have too many fricken plants and have not worked with clay for months.
cdefoe
Mame
haworthia chloracantha. i bumped one of the feet off of this taking it off the shelf to put it in the queue for bisque firing. still a nice home for some nice friends!!
cdefoe
Mame
more pots!! fresh from the kiln
cdefoe
Mame
trying more of this trough form
cdefoe
Mame
sold some pots at the minnesota bonsai society auction a few weeks ago. the most overwhelming bit of feedback was bigger pots. i got this unit of a pachypodium lamerei at a private greenhouse sale recently, and wanted to take a crack at making something bigger
i slab built this over a pinched and bisque-fired mold. originally i had tried to attach two large slabs together to make this even bigger, but that was a failure. i reckon if i'd been patient and let the slabs set longer it would have worked, but they split at the seam basically as soon as i tried draping them over the mold lol. had i not been rushing, i would have textured the outside of the pot after applying the slips. feel like i'm starting to get the hang of refining/trimming the foot ring
it's about eight inches tall and 14 inches diameter currently drying slowly under plastic. appealing to the ceramics-powers-that-be to not get any cracks! going to have some choices to make when glazing!!
i slab built this over a pinched and bisque-fired mold. originally i had tried to attach two large slabs together to make this even bigger, but that was a failure. i reckon if i'd been patient and let the slabs set longer it would have worked, but they split at the seam basically as soon as i tried draping them over the mold lol. had i not been rushing, i would have textured the outside of the pot after applying the slips. feel like i'm starting to get the hang of refining/trimming the foot ring
it's about eight inches tall and 14 inches diameter currently drying slowly under plastic. appealing to the ceramics-powers-that-be to not get any cracks! going to have some choices to make when glazing!!
cdefoe
Mame
a handful of highlights from some recent test tiles/display slabs : )
some closeups of details i like
some closeups of details i like
vesper818
Mame
Spectacular work!
vesper818
Mame
Are you selling?
cdefoe
Mame
i've been selling on consignment at a local cactus shop as well as some local art fairs. next sale will be at the minnesota bonsai society auction in september
i just started working on a website (i pay the bills doing web dev) and my hope is to get that launched and work out the kinks for shipping by the end of the year! watch this space!!
i just started working on a website (i pay the bills doing web dev) and my hope is to get that launched and work out the kinks for shipping by the end of the year! watch this space!!
vesper818
Mame
Terrific!
Wulfskaar
Masterpiece
I was also going to ask because... I really love several of these!
Cruiser
Omono
Great lichen-like appearance on these!a handful of highlights from some recent test tiles/display slabs : )
some closeups of details i like
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Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Tough to tell without seeing your work in natural light, but many of the glazes appear high gloss. I tend to learn more towards flat finished pots, or glazes that have more of a matte finish - particularly if you are going for an organic look like wood.
cdefoe
Mame
thanks - this is exactly what i was going for!
yeah, this is definitely an area i'm going to explore. i've been using the glazes at the studio i'm a member at (they're all formulated for the firing schedule used by the studio kilns), and they don't really have any matte glazes. i've started to learn about making my own glazes, but i'm not there yet. definitely something i'm looking to improve on
cdefoe
Mame
some highlights from the latest batch out of the kiln. applying some lessons learned from the tests i've been doing
this one's my fav of the batch
this one's my fav of the batch
cdefoe
Mame
finally got a moment to take some pics of my big boy after glaze firing
any1 know what kinda plant this is?
any1 know what kinda plant this is?
cdefoe
Mame
highlights from the latest kiln batch. some unglazed pots. slips and stains/washes. the display slabs/test tiles (excluding the petrified wood) were made by me as well
