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And another….

potterychip — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:41:15 +0000

this vase is also an original, one-of-a-kind, handbuilt highfired stoneware piece featuring an undulating ribbon like texture and a central crown.

(pottery, stoneware, vase, handbuilt, New Orleans, new orleans, crown, courrone, corona, highfired, cone 6)

Finished New Vases…

potterychip — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:11:03 +0000

rear view of first vase on left (from series of 4 vases drying on shelf below)

handbuilt 4-sided vase with triquetra motif

More New Vases …

potterychip — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:09:05 +0000

fourth vase in series of four (see below, drying on shelf), front and rear views

New vases….

potterychip — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:36:16 +0000

here’s a series of new vases –

patiently drying on the shelf

dreaming of glazes and

flowers to come

(ohmy!)

Watch for new vases…

potterychip — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:02:10 +0000

Coming soon: contemporary, textured vases:

elegant yet earthy

primal yet refined

and i promise they won’t take themselves as seriously as this teaser seems to!

Who Dat !

potterychip — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:12:06 +0000

Well, with so much great stuff going on Here in New Orleans, all there is to say tonight is….

Who Dat !!!

As if it were possible, it’s just gotten Even Better to call New Orleans home.

Geaux Saints,
Saints go all th’way!
Champs, Superbowl 44!!!

Possibilities

potterychip — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:47:48 +0000

The poetry of bisqueware awaiting its glaze … The poetry of possibilities…

Brother Can You Spare a Magnet?

potterychip — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:32:20 +0000

Well, if you can turn on the radio or TV or load up your favorite websites without being reminded incessantly how grim the economy is then you are doing better than I am. To take my mind off all that, I’ve been having lots of fun in the studio as I begin to evolve a line of light-hearted and sometimes even self-referential magnets.

All comments about “magnetic personalities” and such aside some are a bit high/low brow, others downright New Orleans-themed:

Cocktails, anyone?

So far each series has been distinctly different. Stay tuned to see what direction they take next…

Maybe an extra Olive to go with that?

Get one now!

(contact me by email at potterychip – at – yahoo.com)

Introducing: a Creamy Satin Matte Glaze…

potterychip — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:05:01 +0000

Yes, finally, a New Glaze !

This one is a transparent satin matte which fires to a lovely warm, creamy color on my white stoneware claybody. It plays well with other glazes, too, as in these examples of brushwork (Dragon Green) over the transparent satin matte, rendering an effect reminiscent of a celadon glaze….

dessert plate, 6"diam, satin matte with green brushwork

It looks nice on tumblers, too…

5 1/2" tall tumbler/drinking vessel in white stoneware with a creamy satin matte glaze and celadon-like brushwork

and it’s even right at home on a classic Japanese teabowl shape….

Haute Craft: Finding Art in Fine Craft…

potterychip — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:47:31 +0000

RHINO’s Prospect.1 New Orleans Satelite Exhibit

(a juried invitational)….