Evelyne Schoenmann Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Good morning my friends. Here in my Italian home the weather is still fine and the temps approx. 19°C. But I hear that in Switzerland it's only 9°C and grey in grey. Sadly I have to drive back to Switzerland coming Saturday... Today I have a new guest. Sydney Gee, who is new in the QOTW forum part and who is very welcome to the club! Her question is the following: "I was wondering, has there been a ceramics in action forum board or qotw? I was thinking it would be cool to have a discussion where users can post photos of their pots in action, serving at weddings, morning mugs of coffee, planters...etc." Well, yes, we all have ceramics in action, don't we?! Come on, brag a bit and show us your works in action. Good idea for a question Sydney. Thank you! Have all a happy week Evelyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marcia Selsor Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 My first post misunderstood the in action part. here is a Birdbath of ^01 terra cotta soda- fired at the bray during my residency there in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Sometimes customers send me photos of my pots in their houses. I wrote a recent blog post about them: http://www.goodelephant.com/blog/after-they-leave-home And since I published this, I've received a bunch more. I plan to use these in my show announcement emails next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Reich Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 My first post misunderstood the in action part. here is a Birdbath of ^01 terra cotta fired at the bray during my residency there in 2002. The very reason I've been reluctant to plumb my bird baths! Seems cruel to lure the birdies down to cat range :/. Nice, Marcia. I love the turquoise and terra cotta combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Reich Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 A large expanse of crystals, undercab lights essential! Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Thanks to the joys of social media marketing, there are days in my life where I spend entirely too much time posing pottery for the Internet >.<. The things we do to sell pots.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 this is Bentley. and his bowl which got dented when i put it on a shelf. it was still flexible enough to be bent so another dog bowl joined the pile of dog bowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 is Bentley an English setter? Or a Springer Spaniel? Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 he is a dog, four feet of love. because i had asked for one, the shelter called him a cocker spaniel. he clearly is not since he is taller and heavier than any cocker. his stance says there is a bulldog somewhere in his heritage and his feet are enormous. should have been called bigfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia UK Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 I don't generally consider my pots to be functional because of the way I alter them - cut, distort, carve holes etc. but a friend sent me this photo of two pieces she won as prizes at the golf club. Quite ingenious to use plants that grow in gravel I thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 One of my woodfired Chawan being used for a thick tea ceremony at the main Urasenke Headquarters in Kyoto. best, ....................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Reich Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 One of my woodfired Chawan being used for a thick tea ceremony at the main Urasenke Headquarters in Kyoto. best, ....................john Beautiful - reflection of the crystals around the rim in the brocade mat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 John...you look good with a bun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 John...you look good with a bun... I do. But that is not me. best, .............john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Beautiful - reflection of the crystals around the rim in the brocade mat! That's the art of the Chajin selecting the implements for the ceremony..... I had nothing to do with it (other than on the pot). And yes.... that was a great decision for that particular brocade. best, ..............john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 re:above--I know nothing about chawan/tea ceremony, but indeed the chawan and the brocade are stunningly perfect together. Here is a fairly recent piece "in situ" in an office at the NH Governor's Commission on Disability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 I do. But that is not me. I knew that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Very beautiful ceramics in action! I got verrrry hungry when I saw GEP's pictures. Nerd: what a great glaze in the kitchen! Lee: is this blueberry ash glaze? Very beautiful. Marcia: how many birds were eaten by the cat? ;-) Diesel: I like the design! Oldlady and Bentley, the perfect team: one is producing and the other is using (the bowls). John, like the others already said, the set fits perfectly to your chawan! You must have been proud of yourself when they selected your chawan for the tea ceremony! Celia, I like especially the cut forms! Thank you all for the pictures in action. I hope more will come in. Especially from our co-moderator Sidney (hint hint). Since I am not doing functional it was hard to find ceramics in action in my Italian house. But maybe the fruit bowl will do? Evelyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Heres one of one of my thrown sinks and my tile wrap around-I made the tile tub to ceiling in shower on all three sides and around a window and it flows into the sink-it stoneware cone 10 from the early 80's. This is our bathroom at home. Its held up for 35 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 very nice! classic color and design will never go out of style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Brass faucet by Chicago Faucet-still a classic free standing sink with cherry wood wrap around hanging off the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabama Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Attempting to attach photos to à post! Two pictures are from the Ft. Toulouse Indian village and one at the bread oven showing a French butter bell and fresh butter made from but not pictured ceramic churn.. Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Mark: Making sinks is one of the big factors in my decision to buy a wheel. Trying hard to come up with a product line that does not require me to go to shows: do not have the time. I was just offered the Bldg./Zoning Inspector for our city: still have not given my decision, but giving it much thought. I sell my tile through two high end interior decorators, and was planning on selling sinks through two high end kitchen/bath shops. Having been in the carpenter biz all my life, I know most of the top end supply houses and decorating shop owners. I usually bisq 2-3 tons of porcelain liners in the spring, for inventory. Was planning on making a 19 and 21" drop in sink: and keeping 40-50 in bisque stock. It will be awhile before that happens: still have a lot to learn on the wheel. Nerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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