When I was traveling in my motorhome across the country moving from California to Florida, I was working in clay with whatever I had on hand. I just remembered a
boat basket form I developed back then. Today I remembered I had the boat basket sitting on the bottom shelf of my pottery display case. You can see my process on developing this form by following this link
boat basket form. Back then I had the boat shape in mind too and I never continued with the idea. Having been distracted by traveling and the lack of room working in a motorhome.
But now I have the time and space to develop this idea further. Still I also like my original idea of this particular form with the wire handles. The amazing thing about this boat basket is that it rocks back and forth but it doesn't tip over, much like a boat would be in water. Somehow it's buoyant, well balanced anyway. I used wood handles and beads at the time but I think it would also be nice to have ceramic beads and handle. I'll have to make the holes big enough for the wire to slide through. The length of the ceramic portion of the handle will be a challenge trying to get a hole through the middle but I think I can succeed. I'm glad I didn't get rid of this prototype form because now I can refer to it and improve on the form. This post is part of
Mud Colony what's happening in the studio. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
