Yikes a Seam Separation

Much to my dismay I checked on the animal jars and noticed the seam on the rooster jar separated. The other two jars are fine. Luckily I formed the cylinder on a tube, so I can replicate the diameter accurately and can still use the lid and the rooster head. Still it's disappointing. You can see how I put the gallery or stopper on the lid and the head of the rooster is separate.

Later I found this photo of Delft owl jars where the gallery or stopper is connected to the jar rather than the lid which could be an alternate method of construction for my animal jars. I wonder how this method will work? I can see the interior of the animal head will have to have a stop to keep the animal head level. Hum, lots to consider in making complicated forms. If you have any ideas about other methods please let me know. I'd also like to make some shorter, fatter jars with animal heads on top.

Meanwhile I must have slept on my arm wrong because my shoulder is acting up again. Gary will hopefully help me the next two days at the Georgia Mountain Fall Festival. Just when I was getting moving forward so nicely on making work for the up coming Mistletoe Market in November and the Kris Kringle Market.the first week of December and replenishing work for several galleries. Hopefully my shoulder will improve quickly. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Fratelli Fanciullacci

Fratelli Fanciullacci

1862-1988

Eye candy for you this morning. Italian mid century modern ewer. What is this glaze? I love it.

Yesterday I worked at the ArtsWorks Artisan Centre in Hiawassee. It's been a while since I worked all day long other than pottery work. Today I'm going by the Blairsville Sorghum Festival to check it out and also by the Georgia Mountain Fall Festival to see how things are selling. I work at the festival on Monday and Tuesday so I'll be worn out by Wednesday. Up next a disappointment in greenware so stay tuned. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

More Driftwood Handled Baskets

After cleaning my studio the other day I found some dark red terra cotta colored slip I got in California. I decided to add it to the exterior of one of my driftwood handled baskets. I love the combination of the red clay with the black slip (it looks almost blue; if too little black stain is added it may turn out blue but that will be OK with me). I'll leave the exterior unglazed to hopefully keep the reddish color. The interior will probably be glazed with a dark brown. Since I'm using a different clay body, little loafers, I hope this slip is compatible. We shall see.

Here's a close up of the multiple layers of slip I've applied. With the undercuts of overlapped clay it took me forever to get all the crevices coated with the slip. Hope all that work is worth it in the end.

Here's another driftwood handled basket. I think I might glaze this one a white or an oatmeal color. Doesn't the driftwood look like a snake with it's mouth open?

This basket is 13 x 10 inches. I finally used my hair dryer so this one didn't collapse on me. I don't know why I've resisted using it in the past. I'm taking some work up to the fairgrounds in Hiawassee for the Georgia Mountain Fall Festival today. The festival runs from the 10th to the 18th. We're in booth #15. There's arts and crafts and music each day and the festival ends with a fiddler's contest. I work at the festival on Monday and Tuesday the 13 and 14th. This Saturday and two other days this month I work at ArtWorks Artisan Center. So it's going to be a whorl wind of activity this month. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.