I particularly like the stems of lavender pressed into the sides of this vase for details. It was coiled into the shape with alterations.Father, Russ is pretty proud of our second generation of potters in the family, as am I. The silvery metalic finish was a low fire glaze applied after it had been fired to vitrification, meaning it can hold water.
Tai, my youngest son, took ceramics as his Master of Fine Arts concentration at Indiana University, after a non-degree year at U of Colorado, Bolder, and his BA from Eckerd College with art as major. He was clay studio assistant for several sessions at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. He taught ceramics at Du Paugh University, in Indiana, then moved to Colorado where he worked with high school students to help them graduate and obtain grants for college, so no more art work in his life then.
Some of the work Tai has in his home can be seen here.
...I love the black and white.
ReplyDeleteI do hope she still has it!
DeleteLove the pottery, they are all beautiful. My favorite is the vase.
ReplyDeleteTake care, have a great day and a happy week!
That is a lot of hours of work, definitely! She's a perfectionist.
DeleteThat teapot is something else...love it..the B&W, the little wheels....
ReplyDeleteIt is a pity that Tai isn't making still....but never to late to carry on, is it!
When I mentioned this blog to him while talking on the phone yesterday, he remembered he also spent a year at the Clay Studio in Missoula Montana. He hasn't touched clay for 14 years...and is considering destroying most of his graduate pieces. They are huge wall installations, so he thinks he'll keep a couple of pieces of them. That's what happens with working to pay a mortgage and a new to him car (with his wife also working). Maybe when he retires...but I won't be around to see that!
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