So very, very true.
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So very, very true.
Thanks Ffingers!
Tom, your pottery is fantastic. Dare I say this is the most interesting and lovely forum post I've ever read. More pottery please!
Ok! When Ben asks we comply! Here’s the pitchers I made yesterday. Trimming and “handling” them today. Probably make some more pitchers today. For some background, my biggest hero was always Michael Cardew from your great island, Wenford Bridge and Cornwall (from whence came the “pasty” to our neck of the woods. Has “swede” but no haggis.). He came as a visiting artist to where I was getting my MFA back in the stone ages.
Amazing ! Just Amazing !!
Thanks John!
Jaime_Dergut
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This is wonderful. I always wanted to learn some pottery. Nice hobbie Tom.
Thanks Jaime!
Thanks Ben! I would love to visit Yorkshire…
During my last zoom test session I had the pleasure of seeing more of Tom’s work, truly saw many beautiful pieces there!
I just read all this thread - wonderful!
I dabbled in a bit with clay in college, very little, enough to gain respect for potters.
I have a good friend near me who makes HUGE raku-fired pottery, some from porcelain.
This picture is of a piece in progress, plus some finished. He likes to carve.
He makes in several sections, stacked.
Sometimes he'll fire a piece multiple times to get the colors he wants.
His house looks like a museum, or maybe a gallery.
We have a number of his pieces, bowls, dinnerware, and pots, but none this large!
He uses kilns with carts on rails. I shot a short video of him pulling some out of one of his kilns.
If anyone is interested, click on the "gallery" tab on his web site, pots, studio, video.
The video needs Quicktime, I think - click on the play button at the bottom of the video frame.
JKJ
I dabbled in a bit with clay in college, very little, enough to gain respect for potters.
I have a good friend near me who makes HUGE raku-fired pottery, some from porcelain.
This picture is of a piece in progress, plus some finished. He likes to carve.
He makes in several sections, stacked.
Sometimes he'll fire a piece multiple times to get the colors he wants.
His house looks like a museum, or maybe a gallery.
We have a number of his pieces, bowls, dinnerware, and pots, but none this large!
He uses kilns with carts on rails. I shot a short video of him pulling some out of one of his kilns.
If anyone is interested, click on the "gallery" tab on his web site, pots, studio, video.
Paul Menchhofer | Ceramics | 2006
paulmenchhofer.com
The video needs Quicktime, I think - click on the play button at the bottom of the video frame.
JKJ
Thanks JK! His site didn’t work on my phone, but very cool!!!! His raku effects are stunning.I just read all this thread - wonderful!
I dabbled in a bit with clay in college, very little, enough to gain respect for potters.
I have a good friend near me who makes HUGE raku-fired pottery, some from porcelain.
This picture is of a piece in progress, plus some finished. He likes to carve.
He makes in several sections, stacked.
Sometimes he'll fire a piece multiple times to get the colors he wants.
His house looks like a museum, or maybe a gallery.
We have a number of his pieces, bowls, dinnerware, and pots, but none this large!
He uses kilns with carts on rails. I shot a short video of him pulling some out of one of his kilns.
If anyone is interested, click on the "gallery" tab on his web site, pots, studio, video.
Paul Menchhofer | Ceramics | 2006
paulmenchhofer.com
The video needs Quicktime, I think - click on the play button at the bottom of the video frame.
JKJ
I finished these 40 bud vases, plus head table pitchers and vases for my daughter’s wedding. 1 kiln full. Gotta finish up about 5 or 6 more kilns then I can take a well deserved break and get back to playing my accordion.
Wow! You need to take a break Tom.
