More Pottery Pieces

     This is a spoon rest….that didn’t turn out how I wanted. The shape is pretty nice, but the coloring just didn’t turn out right. I glazed the bottom in emerade and the top in tobacco (maybe?).
     Anyways, the tobacco is a matte finish and it looked pretty bad. Uneven coverage and not smooth. So I glazed it again with another brown. It still didn’t look right, so I glazed it, yet again! This time with robin’s egg.
     I did an even coat of robin’s egg all over and then Mrs. Susie (our instructor) helped me to drizzle (I almost said to drool it over. :) heehee) the robin’s egg over the handle slightly. I think it turned out pretty good…acceptable at least. I’m not 100% happy with it, but at this point I’m just glad it’s done.
    I know not everybody likes the spoon rest. :P My mom politely informed me that it looked like a ladies’ butt.

This is a small jar with a lid. It is about 3”-4” tall. My sister and I both wear retainers and I wanted to make a cute jar to put them in while we are eating instead of a glass on top of the refrigerator. :P I think it looks pretty good. The colors are a little paler than I would have liked…I think I might re-glaze it next week.

Pottery Pieces

I have been taking a pottery class one day a week and have REALLY been enjoying it! I got a couple of my pieces back and thought I would show y'all. The top one is a butter dish, but I am planning on using it on my desk to hold paper clips or something. It has a lacey imprint with a faint plum color embedded in the indentions. The picture below is a bowl that turned out really well! It is a blueish greenish color and looks fantastic! Not sure what I'm gonna use it for yet...I am also about to start a class that will focus solely on throwing on the wheel. I'm really excited!

Pottery Bowl Inspiration

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I am currently taking my second session of a pottery class. I took one last year before Christmas, but was unable to continue because of school. Anyways, I am really having a good time! These bowls were not made by me, but I plan on using the same color scheme next time I glaze. I think they are super lovely! They are for sale a their respective links. I will take a pic of my bowls once finished. I think that this glazing effect can be achieved by painting the outside of the bowl black, the inside a white of some sort, and a castille drip down. I think it will be super cute!!

image from StudioElan

image from StudioElan