working on some bottle shapes

Getting back into the groove.  My flip-top bottles are almost sold out, so I’m making a bunch more.

Sitting On A Teapot K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Highfire Stoneware
14”Hx10”Wx6.5”D

Finally coming together.  It’s been really humid here lately, so it’s slow going.

Despite everything trying to prevent me from getting back to work lately, I’ve still managed to carve out some time.

This is how I party on a Friday night.

Video Footage from the WEST Austin studio Tour at Fireseed Clay Arts Studio

Finally settling in and have time to actually work on a sculpture. 

So I start again.  I’m glad I’m back to work.  Although I should be getting ready for the WEST tour instead.

You cannot rush clay. 

You gotta move at its pace or it will bitchslap you.

Finally got one of these fired. 

First the bad news.  The internal support for the tunnel comes loose and rattles around inside the vase.

Now the good news. Surprisingly the tunnel in the fired piece did not sag one bit.  Gravity is clearly more forgiving of earthenware.

So I am starting the series over, but this time I can skip the step for the internal support. 

@ Olisny I wish I could tell you exactly how this self enclosed sink is made, but my dad made it for me.  I can tell you this is a basic sink basin we got at ikea.  The drain goes directly into one five gallon bucket. About a quarter from the way down from that bucket there is a tube that goes into a second bucket.  By dad made the tube between the two buckets removable so that I could clean the buckets.  In the second bucket is a pump which brings the water back to the faucet.  I used an old tupperware and cut some holes in it to rest the pump on so that it did not rest on the bottom.  My dad was able to make it so that I could turn on and off the water using the knob on the faucet.  He also put an additional knob on the side that I could hit with my hip to turn on and off the faucet.  I’m not sure how he did that.  Obviously the point is for most heavy sludge so settle to the bottom of the first bucket, for any remaining particles to rest in the bottom of the second bucket, and clean water to be filtered through the faucet. 

This is the extent of my knowledge on the construction of this sink.  If you have specific questions I can ask my dad maybe.  I know that to purchase this manufactured (The “Cink” by Creative Industries) is about $1500. My dad said he put this together with $200-300 worth of parts. 

My studio is starting to come together.  I haven’t brought my tools down to start working because I’ll be demonstrating at the Fireseed studio during the WEST Austin studio tour.  But in May I’ll start bringing all my other tools down.

Check out this self enclosed recycling sink my dad made for me.  It has wheels so I can roll it around the garage. He has to fix the lids a bit, but other than that it works.

I’ve moved into my new house this weekend, and I’m busy fixing stuff around the house.  But I hope to be back to making work in a few weeks.  So please stay tuned. 

I bought a house! This is going to be my new studio.