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.
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. …
When my husband and I got married, we had a pair of frogs on our wedding cake. Long story. But frogs have become the “totem” of our marriage and our property (if you don’t count cats). When defining my style in pottery, I discovered a way to incorporate frogs in my work, on plates, mugs, …
This is a close-up of a wax-resist process that I use with deeply-veined leaves, in this case from the anemone plant. They grow like weeds in our front yard, much to my husband’s dismay. While the pot is still somewhat plastic (soft), I press the leaf into the side. It then goes into the kiln, …