Latest pots

I refired these as the first firing went beyond Cone 6 and flattened the colours. I added some orange stain in slip as an accent and applied a matt white glaze over the top of the previously white stripes and I am happy with the result.

This pair of jugs have fired beautifully. The olive colour is most unusual and I will use this glaze on one of my large vessels which are part of the 'green' range.

New landscape vessels

I intended to make a replica of "small turquoise jug" and used exactly the same glaze but this one has come out more green than turquoise - the vagaries of different firings.

This pot continues my experimental smaller landscape vessels range.

This pair of vessels are quite interesting - sombre, wintery and yet with glints of gold and the suggestion of a blue skyline - very Central Otago I think.

Smaller landscape vessels with laminated clays

These 3 pots have also been selected for the exhibition. Symbolic landscapes
posted earlier was inspired by the turquoise jug. I think the laminated sky-scapes have potential and will explore this further with new vessels in semester 2.

Extra pots selected for exhibition

Winter tea bowls These are early test pieces - Cone 10 reduction

First landscape marquettes

Snow in Dunedin 16th June 2009

Last postings for this semester

Wired landscape - chicken wire and other found objects were held against the underglazed and fired form before being re-glazed in the spray booth. A delicate form of landscape 34cm

Symbolic landscape was designed specifically to reference in my essay. It brings together habitat theory, habitat as refuge and prospect as well as nature as process according to Malcolm Andrews..2@ 34cm, 1 @16cm

Eruption at sea nearly didn't make it. In its green state, while I manhandled the beast (54cm high) to attend to the base, the top half broke off and collapsed on the floor. Thanks to Jim's skills in bringing the dead back to life, he pummeled it back into a cylinder form and then I took over. I gave it 2 firings & more glaze to add life into the bottom panels and the result is most pleasing.

Peagreen form with cloud

This piece seems to evoke a sense of wanting to be touched by people - the surface is matt but warm somehow. The size too lends itself to being held. I am quite attached to it myself! 51cm