Friday, July 31, 2009

More 04's.
These are new Cone 04's. I'm in love with them and I'm afraid to glaze them. I'm not well versed on cone 04 glazes so if anyone has some that they would like to share feel free.
More Tumblers. The white glaze is a Val Cushing and the green is from copper wire that I wrapped around the pieces.
Bowls.
These were not meant to be together but they are together now.
New Tumblers.
I have been experimenting with this mug form. It is wide and low and angular. The not the best from a functional standpoint.
Another flask.
This is a new form I am working on. I apologize for the picture quality.
Steam pot.
This is a detail of the previous image. The elbow pipes are meant to give the impression of funtional cups although they have zero funtion. This is a direct connection between the functionality of household plumbing and the idea of drinking from that plumbing.
I don't always get attached to the things that I make but this one I am hopelessly attached to.
I was writing a paper about the Mochica culture of Peru and I could not help but be influenced so this is my take on their portrait vases.
BFA exhibition.
This an image from my BFA exhibition.
I wanted this teapot to be the Mr potato head of teapots. All of the pieces come apart and the teapot has zero function.
Antique plumbing pipe.
More deer heads.
This piece was featured in my BFA exhibition. My attempt to remove all funtion from the pipe forms sort of like mounting a deer head on your wall.
I was experimenting with using ceramic forms as blanks/frameworks for my pipe photographs. This piece is a wheel thrown bowl mounted to the wall with wire cable. The image in the center is made with liquid light photo emulsion and processed in a dark room.
This piece is made in three sections and held together with wire cable.
I had the pleasure of going to the Logan Clay Pipe factory for a tour where they gave me this clay pipe. I then took some wet pipe clay and extruded a handle and here is the finished piece.

This is a piece that I made at OSU in 2008.

Thursday, July 30, 2009


This piece was featured in Ceramics monthly for their 2008 undergraduate showcase.