More Video and pics from February

Here is another installment form the February wood firing. I would like to post one of Jenny's speeches and some pics of Kass, Jenny and the pots we fired. I'm not sure how but I lost the high res images from the kiln unload.

Mad Potter in action!

 
If the video is still broken Here is the YouTube link
I still have to catch up on posting my work from the last year. Here is some video from our second woodfiring. I had posted a short clip of Kass unloading the first kiln. Well here is a short of clip of Jenny. And here is her blog. http://jennykylemadpotter.blogspot.com/

Tea bowl and Cereal bowl

These two pieces the Tea bowl above and the cereal bowl below were fired in my last kiln firing at Sheridan. Most of the imagery I work with on my ceramics relate to nature and the function of the vessels containing water. 

Bowls

Here are some maiolica bowls I should have posted awhile ago.

Some fun summer photo's

I have started playing around with twitter and the site twitpic to quickly post random snapshots of my life. http://twitpic.com/photos/curiousceramics Feel free to drop by and check them out. Leave comments if you would like. I'm always interested in hearing what people think about my photographs. It is a hobby I have enjoyed for a few years now.

On the Wall

I'm excited about the show tonight at the Whipper Snapper Gallery. http://www.whippersnapper.ca/site/index.php I have a maiolica bowl on display. Well over the last few days I have been sorting through the work I made this year. It can be surprising to look at what was made and accumulated over the past 3 years. The next few weeks will be spent sorting my work and getting ready to sell it. I have decided to hang a few pieces around my apartment. Here is a shot of a few of them together.

Is this how it ends?

I spent a day and evening in the studio Thursday afternoon to Friday morning painting work for my what was supposed to be my last maiolica firing at Sheridan. But later in the day when I came back after sleeping I found a small bowl that I overlooked and didn't finish painting. I plan to finish painting it and firing later today. Friday was the last day of classes and I have to move and decide what to do next. Monday afternoon I have an interview at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto for one of the residency positions in the ceramics studio. And I'm hoping the work I made this week will be good enough to bring to my interview. Today I have to prepare work for a Soda kiln and photograph some work to include in my slide presentation for the interview.

I have included some wood fired tea caddy's being used a s bud vases. I often grab wild flowers and place them in small pieces to change the scenery of my work space. 

 

This was my studio space this year at school and this photo shows the aftermath of my marathon painting session. I will miss this space and the classmates I worked with this year.