Maple Leaf Pot
This pot was decorated with the same process as the anemone pot, only using Japanese maple leaves. The Japanese maple tree that provided these leaves grows outside my studio window.
Crackle Glaze
This glaze is Peacock Blue, from Georgie’s in Portland. But don’t judge the glaze by this photo. It is a much deeper blue when applied correctly. I applied it too thin, and it still turned out like an ancient Asian green, with fine crackles giving the pots an antique look, especially when given an India ink wash.
Hemlock
OK, I’m a sucker for raindrops. Good thing I live near Seattle. Even though it’s summer (or that’s what I hear), there are some bright, crisp mornings after a rain shower that just make the coffee taste better than usual!
Folded Penny Pots
Here is another form, which I call a “folded penny pot.” The “folded” part refers to the circular top, folded over a football-shaped base. The “penny” part is in reference to the glaze, called “Weathered Bronze” from Clay Art Center in Tacoma, WA. It looks like the patina of a well-worn penny. The ikibana arrangement is …
Cryptomeria
My husband’s profession of horticulture blends well with my passion for capturing vignettes of form, light and reflection. My Samsung Captivate android phone has a 5 mp camera app with a macro setting that gives depth-of-field effects that I think are superior to what I could get with my outdated Minolta digital camera. And the …
Lace Leaf Maple Plate
This is one of my favorite effects. For years, I wondered how to use the delicate form of the lace leaf maple leaves I watched falling in our side yard. Finally, it occurred to me to use them as stencils. I press the fresh leaves into the green, still-wet pot, and then spray colored slip over the …
Leather Effect
This effect is created throwing a cylinder, then painting on a colored slip to which sodium silicate has been added. The pot is then widened from the inside. The sodium silicate makes the colored slip act like a shell, which cracks as it is expanded.
Cement Leaf
The leaf used for this piece was from a gunnera (aka “dinosaur food”), a plant which seems like it would be more at home in an Amazon rain forest than in the Pacific Northwest. Turned upside down over a sand pile, my husband and I heaped cement over it, and let it cure over several …
Ikibana Leaf Pots
These were done to be arranged in sets of three. There were three different heights, so they spiraled down. Each pot held a small ikibana arrangement, but when put together, the effect was stunning. The glaze is Tan Green, again from Clay Art Center in Tacoma.
Cedar Box Wood Shed
My husband built a “temporary” wood shed, but the bare end of the structure just cried out for art. I copied a cedar box end from a book called (Learn By Doing). So it’s not original, and I am not a native NW artist, but I am strongly drawn to the NW native art forms. …