Everything is the same, but different

This was the view from the front of Ceramics Canada on Saturday after the storm passed. One minute all was sunny and warm, the next it was a downpour. The aftermath was quite beautiful though. After work I went over to the studio to glaze a load of pots. They are all sort of the same, but each one is very different.

Studio Time

The first long weekend of the summer is now over (sigh). I did manage to get 3.5 full & uninterrupted days in the studio, so that is a bonus. I did a lot of black and white sgrafitto, I threw some mugs, and I may have lost my mind a bit, as I threw 1 20 lb canister, 1 10 lb canister, 1 5 lb canister and then topped it off with a 10 lb pitcher. I know full well that I will probably not sell these. Nobody in this town buys jars, let alone massive ones with no actual purpose other than to look pretty.

 This is the 20 lb canister

 Pretty jars all in a row(I know, the handles/lugs suck)


 I was asked to come up with a "chicken" teapot for a student that collects chickens, so this is what I came up with first:

and then just in case it wasn't that obvious, I made this one:

I filled in the time spent waiting for things to dry with these:

Here are the latest pots. The glazed 3 part canister is the prototype, and the unglazd one is the 2nd one I have made. There was to be a 3rd 2 tiered box, but alas, it failed in the bisque. The lid, AND the bottom cracked. The celadon jar is just what it is, but has some interresting curlycues on top, and actually inspired the 3 part box set beside it.