Close-up of a ceramic plate with a speckled glaze with blue, brown, and gray spots, placed on a light blue background.
A ceramic pourer with a textured, multi-colored glaze in shades of white, gray, and brown, placed against a plain blue background.
This teabowl has a really satisfying shape and weight, and it feels great to hold and drink from. I especially love the soft green that came through in the clay. It is not the most common result from my porcelain, but it is probably my favorite. I h
One from the recent anagama firing @cobbartandecology My red clay got this quiet metallic surface in this firing. It’s not a loud, juicy ash drip kind of pot, but it keeps rewarding a closer look. I like making these big handles, and I play
This pouch vase has my porcelain inlaid into my red clay, and it was wood fired at Solano Community College. That dark stripe on the side? Total accident. It’s where this piece got stuck to another one in the kiln. Could have been bad. Instead
These tripod trays are tricky things. Lots of ways for them to fail. Drying cracks, warping, getting stuck to whatever gets loaded inside them. I’ve had every single one fail in some firings. This one made it through the recent anagama firing
Sometimes the best seat in the kiln is directly under the firebox. This teabowl started out as a cone 10 gas-fired piece, then went back into the Rocinante, our Bourry Box kiln at Solano Community College. The firebox grate is made from bricks, so o
Great demon mask from the most recent anagama firing @cobbartandecology Built from textured slabs and packed with character. This guy was put through the literal fires of hell (but in a good, creative way!) in the kiln and came out looking like a c
Two views of this pourer, recently fired in the train kiln @cobbartandecology I like forms that sit somewhere between a pot and a living thing. This one feels a bit like a seed pod, a shell, or some strange little creature. Every time I look at it,
I’ve been making plates lately. A deceptively difficult form that I’ve resisted for a long time. This one reminds me why they’re worth the effort. Soft ash deposits, scattered cobalt flashes, and three red clay wadding marks that b
That’s a wrap! I just stoked the last few pieces for the anagama @cobbartandecology Nine days of firing, now two weeks of cooling before we open and see what’s waiting inside. Thousands of pieces of wood. A whole community keeping the f
A ceramic teapot with a textured, crackled surface, featuring a large handle, set against a plain blue background.