Google Photo Dreaming
Holy shit! I just realized the Google Photos has an algorithm-based search system. Without tagging anything one can search for ‘sunset’ and it does a decent job. It’s also fun to type in random words and see how it dreams. For example, “drill” turned up this cute picture I took…
Pottery – Vases 2014
These vases came out of playing around with vastly different forms and glazing styles. All from 2014. Asian-style Form w/ Molted Appearance The look I wanted for the glaze was a light green under translucent glass. It certainly didn’t come out like that but I am not unhappy with the…
Pottery – Pitchers
A pair of pitchers from 2013-2014. Robust Pitcher w/Flowing Glaze Brown clay. Black Gold Base poured inside and dipped outside. Sprayed outside with Shrope’s White. Wide-bodied Pitcher w/ Flowing Glaze Oops, I lost the glazing information for this one.
Pottery – Jugs
A trio of jugs made in 2014. Antique Finish w/ Straight Sides First coat of glaze inside/out is Black Gold Base poured/dipped. Makoto’s Clear was then sprayed on top. Final treatment of wood ash powder blown over the upper region. Two-tone, Natural Colored Jug w/ Rounded Body Liner glaze is…
Pottery – Tea pots
Several Japanese-style teapots (straight handle offset at 90 degrees from the spout) made in 2014. Rounded Top / Burnished Look Glaze is all 50/50 wood ash and clay mixture applied with a spray gun. Lighter colored areas are about twice as thick an application as the more brown areas. Rounded…
Pottery – Mugs Summer 2013
Playing around with some mug shapes. Handles are still too big. Cappuccino mugs are finally a usable size. Standard mugs are a little too big. Glaze for cappuccino mugs:Glossy white poured inside.TFH Tan dipped outside. Glaze for standard mugs:TFH Tan dipped 100%.Tenmoku sprayed on top. Should be much heavier next…
Pottery – Misc Pieces from Summer 2013
Narrow-Top Vase w/”Japanese” Craving The piece was thrown from white clay then covered entirely in blue slip followed by porcelain slip. The carving was done by making quick strokes of varying depth with a wooden coffee stirrer. Glaze is a moderate spray of Chinese Clear. Wine Cup w/”Japanese” Carving These…
Pottery – Using “Fake Ash” to Produce Runs
These two pieces were glazed identically. The glaze was made to run using “fake ash” as a substitute for wood ash. Cushing Matt was selected as a base to help contain the run. Dipped 100% in Cushing Matt.Fake Ash sprayed rather heavily over the 1/3 stopping on the shoulder.KC Beautiful…
Ecuador – Misahuallí
Only one day of rain out of 17 in the country. But what a rain it was. The river swelled and turned brown from run-off, everyone huddled under what little roofs and over-hangs there were around the town, and even the monkeys were nowhere to be seen. The monkeys? Yeah,…
Ecuador – Puyo
The road to Puyo winds further down out of the Andes and through single and double lane tunnels. The rough hewn walls of which leave evidence of either blasting or manual excavation instead of modern boring machines. The longest of these measures almost 1km. There is really not much here…