Making Ceramics

When I have the time, it’s always a pleasure to pick up clay again. I like how unique you can make pieces when you choose to stretch your imagination. It’s also so unpredictable, I never quite know what the end result will be until I get there. Sometimes it’s not quite what I’d hoped for, but other times I’m pleasantly surprised.

left:sculpture of snake, middle: snake slipped in black slip & carved, right: fully fired snake candle holder

A snake candle holder for the year of the snake

left: carved greenware mug with snoopy, right: fully fired mug (woodstock crying because they're losing a game of go), right: fully fired mug (Snoopy grinning because they're winning a game of go),

My personal mug: Snoopy playing go with Woodstock

left: carved greenware mug with blue pikmin scuba diving, middle: bisked pikmin mug dipped in clear glaze, right: fully fired mug with red pikman scuba diving

A Pikmin mug

left: handbuilt soapdish greenware before carved lines, middle: still greenware but wax coated, lines carved, and blue slip inlaid, right: fully fired soapdish

A soap dish inspired by the pool in Animal Crossing

left: bisked mug with masking tape in checkerboard pattern, middle: glaze sprayed over masking tape, right: fully fired mug with checkerboard pattern in blue glaze

A Chess themed mug