Milk 3

Another! I like this one better than the last.  So far I really prefer the ones with straight lines, I'm still not a huge fan of the eliptical wedge things.  It just looks too blank I suppose.

Milk bottle 2

Milk bottle 2 today! I still need to clean it up, but I finished the carving about 2 minutes before I needed to run off to work, so that will happen later (I hope).  I put two pictures up so you can tell that the slits are two different lenths, rather than me just carving them super uneven. 

Hopefully I will get the other two done tomorrow, or at least by Sat, then I can get some throwing done before April starts! Its going to be a little crazy since we will be getting ready for Art of the Pot, which will involve a lot of cleaning, organizing, and probably helping Ryan make some of the stuff for the show.

It will probably be busy and crazy and tiring, but I am really excited to see how putting together something like this works.  Maybe someday I will get to be a part of it :P

Milk can #1

Started carving the milk cans/bottles today! I brought all 4 home from the studio today; only carved one so far because I got distracted shopping at Target :P  Maybe I will be industrious and get 2 done tomorrow.  I should get back to throwing soon, but Ethan ('little' brother) wants me to give him a lesson on Sat, so that will put it off till Sun or Mon.  I have the feeling that I will probably keep working in a cycle like this, 1 week throwing, 1-2 weeks carving, so I don't get overwhelmed by stuff I need to finish.  I suppose I could just leave some pots blank, but I like carving! We will see.

B-mix jug #4

Here's the last jug! Next I need to carve the milk bottles, and then I have to throw some small cups to use for glaze tests, then a teapot for Hollen's bday.

After that, I think I want to make some planters! I want to plant my succulents in some nicer pots, and mayyybe make some to sell too :D

Carving and glazes

Carved another jug today! I like this one pretty well, it was a little bit taller than I like, but I think the design fits the shape.  It was a pain in the butt carving the area under the handle.  B-mix is so smooth, but it is annoyingly softe even when its leather hard. It's far too easy to smear stuff or dent it.

Also I finally took some pictures of the test cups I tried out Ryans glazes on.  Most of them are not great, but I will figure something out.  The one on the left is just bare clay, I like it when it is more brown, but when it gets a lot of salt it turns blue, which I am not so sure about.  The on on the right has Ryans signature glaze, which I actually like, especially when it turns black.  It makes a nice contrast for the raised carvings, but I'm not sure it would work on the carvings I'm doing now.

None of these were that great, though the blue one was alright.