Pyewackette

Handbuilt ceramic platter using cone 6 clay, sword fern, painted underglazes and clear glaze.
©2010 Diana Popp

Tea bowl with carbon trap shino glaze. Made in 2010.
Vancouver BC

I created this figure when I felt a strong need to be more grounded through meditation and yoga, it felt only right to make a female figure, I myself being female.
I also think there are far more male meditating sculptures out there, people doing variations on Buddha etc.
I sculpted this out of terracotta clay, and plan on giving it an oxide wash to bring out some of the detail.

Used in the Japanese art of flower arranging, Ikebana form the basis of the arranger's art, I think of them as a collaboration with flowers and vines. Any time I create an Ikebana I think of my cousin who has inspired me to fall in love with and make more of these unique vases. Made of mid-range stoneware clay and glazed in muted verdigris with a matte finish, Floating Ikebana stands 4 1/2" high, 4 1/2" wide and 8 1/2" in length. Plenty of openwork to attach vines as well as fully, water-tight compartments.

Part of a series commenting on technology. The horse has electronic parts and 1's and 0's on its saddle; a gear is growing like a sore near its leg. Fired cone 5 oxidation, the piece measures 24 x 22 x 12".