Coil building vases is something I've enjoyed since started pottery. I've also included a terra cotta face plaque that my son and I built too. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome

Flower Vase #2

My second attempt at hand-building a flower looking vase. This vase's pedals are more straight up compared to the first attempt at this style vase. The inside is also a darker red when compared to the first attempt vase. Approx. 8-9 inches tall and 4-5 inches wide. Water tight and dishwasher safe.

Basket Weave Platter

13x9 approx.

Basket Weave Platter

Hunter Green and Straw colors

A delicate basket weave patter with larger slabs of hunter green swirl patters. This was my first attempt and creating a platter using basket weaved clay. Having to work quickly so the clay does not dry-out was the biggest challenge.

Trying New Things....Pottery

Ok....it has been a long time since I've posted new art on this site. Here is why.....

I've started a fascination with clay and pottery. I've been hand-building pottery for a few years and never took it very serious. I mainly used pottery as a way to get the creative juices flowing in order to paint....to think about painting more clearly while doing my pottery. Well, several months ago, maybe a year ago, I found a pottery kiln for sale in a small local classifieds newspaper for only $50. I went to see it and sure enough bought it. It is the perfect little kiln for what I was making. I can fit several plates or bowls in a fire 4-5 pieces at a time. Perfect for me. So....I started dabbling in pottery a little more. Slowly the shelves around the house were getting full of random pottery pieces and then I also realized the bookshelves were becoming crowded with pottery books and magazines. Then, my Mom said she wanted to get me a pottery wheel. Now I started to really take my pottery art seriously....afterall, Mom got me a great wheel to start with and I already have he kiln. So.....Here are a few of my pottery pieces.

Don't worry....I still have my paint brushes too......

Sigmund Freud

In 1996 I attended Jefferson State Jr. College, and took a psychology course. As we were discussing Freud teachings, I was distracted and began to sketch Freud. We were discussing the fact the Freud says men think about sex usually 6 times per hour on any given day. I was listening, but sketching at the same time. The teacher/professor approached me from behind and discovered what I had been doing. He was going to send me out of the class for not paying attention, but then he saw this sketch. It now hangs on his classroom wall....13 years later, I think it is still there......

24x24 - Angel with Stars

Second so far in my new "Angel Series". More to come soon.....

24x24 - Tired Angel

This is the first in a new series I've started. I've needed lots of angels lately, so this was an appropriate start in the series. I'm hoping for 8-10 angels in this series, but who knows......