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Didn't sleep well last night. All those bowls in the studio kept yelling, "Trim me, trim me!' ...and so began the pre-dawn saga (at least after a cup of coffee).
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I'm off to do the same thing after breakfast. It wasn't the clay,bthough. I woke when my son informed me of a mysterious puddle in the living room. (Fortunately just water)
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I wish I could trim, dangit. Still in denial about my bone-dry predicament. *facepaw*
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Paul, I did exactly the same thing last week at 4 a.m!!
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Buns 'n Roses
ChenowethArts commented on Cavy Fire Studios's gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
Guinea, the amount of time and effort that you put into this really shows! When I first saw this, I immediately thought of Richard Adam's book, Watership Down...it has been a long time, but it is a great read. Once you arrived at the point of laying down the black slip, how long did it take you to do the illustration (if you don't mind me asking)? -Paul -
A little cooler weather is on the way...'sounds like a good excuse to do a bisque firing.
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I use the same reasoning in the summer. In the winter I fire when it gets a little warmer.
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From the album: Tornado Pot Sketches and Progress Images
It is drying time for the greenware. Last night I sprayed on a couple of layers of slip for accents/shadows (and to make the legs as white as possible for post-bisque-firing under glazing. My thoughts (for now, at least) are to keep the glazing fairly light colored at the top and darker at the bottom. The legs will get the black and white stripe treatment. The shoes will be red (what else, right?). -Paul© Copyright 2015, Paul M. Chenoweth, Nashville, TN. All rights reserved.
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Very nice (in so many respects), and quite a treasure for your customer. Kudos! -Paul -
Figurative Tornado Planter (W.I.P.)
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The curly cord is actually the air hose connected to a brad nailer...and no, it isn't attached (but it does look like it, lol). I'm thinking some sort of twisted/curly plant like Juncus (Corkscrew Rush - Twisted Arrows, Juncus effusus f. spiralis) or maybe a small leafed plant like Wilson Ivy (Hedera helix 'Wilsonii') around the edge with something flowering/tall in the middle..Geraniums? I haven't decided yet. Do you have a suggestion? This thing isn't out of the woods yet...'probably another week of slow drying. Thanks for the note, Babs!, -Paul -
That moment when you run out of the slip you need...and realize that it simply will NOT mix itself. Yes, I am there now.
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I mixed some dark red clay slip last night. Got it just right ... then proceeded to spill half the container all over my work table, chair, and floor. I wiped and cleaned and there is still a crime scene in my studio. >.< Guinea: Can you mix it in the driveway?
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I've used slip before but now heavily rely on black iron oxide stain. The iron oxide is used to bring out detail and imperfections.
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I was using red oxide but it's so messy if you don't want it on the whole item ...
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I really like handles that say, "I am a handle!. This is one of my favorite mug forms...nicely done! -Paul -
Ding, Dong, The Witch is Dead
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I worked on "cow" this morning...and this may NOT happen. The body is starting to look more cow-like, but the head looks like some alien horse-dog-devil creature. Bleh! -
From the album: Tornado Pot Sketches and Progress Images
No cows (yet), but the wicked witch has been added to the craziness errr, container. Even I am laughing at this *snortle*.© Copyright 2015, Paul M. Chenoweth. All rights reserved.
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Figurative Tornado Planter (W.I.P.)
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I'm starting to like this "Design by Committee" thing..and it scares me *snicker* Thanks Guinea, Robin! -Paul -
From the album: Tornado Pot Sketches and Progress Images
I threw the three parts to this last night and did the trimming and assembly this morning. Adding the stem and tilting the container slightly off-axis reinforces the tornado theme. And based upon suggestion from CAC forum friends, I added small hand-built house parts to the side of the funnel shape. 'Still some work to do and some decisions to make about slips and underglaze, but I'm liking the direction this is headed. This will take some off-and-on work to get it ready for bisque firing...and with the assembly and the added house parts this one will set on the slow-dry shelf for a week before I'm brave enough to put it in the kiln. Description: 18" tall stoneware Wheel-thrown bowl, stem, and vessel...assembled while quite damp/pliable Handbuit house forms, sliced on the oblique and attached using traditional score/slip joining technique Some additional accent detail and texture added after basic assembly was complete.© Copyright 2015, Paul M. Chenoweth, Nashville, TN USA. All rights reserved.
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Mixing clay...not that I want to, but my slop bucket runneth over
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Come over here when you're done!
I was gonna do clay stuff today, but it's pouring out--humidity is NOT my friend. Hnngh! I wanna throw! -
Bit the bullet Monday and did mine. Two full pillow cases. At last it's done
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Ha. This hits home for me. I have most of a five gallon bucket from wheel throwing scraps. I've never recycled clay before but I'm thinking I'm going to do it this week before it gets any worse.
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From the album: Tornado Pot Sketches and Progress Images
I slipped this container into a tall spot in the kiln at the last minute to see how my glazes break over the undulating walls. Actually, I really needed the pot for the Anthurium that I received as a birthday gift back in January...it was quite root bound and begging for better living conditions. Container is about 13" tall, stoneware, fired to cone 10 reduction and glazed with a combination of Ohio White, Woo's Blue, and Clear (sprayed on in overlapping layers).© Copyright 2015, Paul M. Chenoweth, Nashville, TN. All rights reserved.
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Is this Pete's Cranberry or Pete's Red-Orange by any chance? -Paul -
I'd love to see this piece by itself. The pieces behind it make things a little confusing to read. -Paul -
This has a very mysterious landscape quality about it...a lot going on in a small space. Very nice! -Paul -
Chinese Dragon Flower Pot
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If I haven't mentioned it recently, you're designs and brushwork execution are awesome...truly a gift. -
From the album: Tornado Pot Sketches and Progress Images
This sketch started out far too tall..so, intentional extreme stretching as I formed the ridges weakened the side walls to allow them to slump. It may be too short once dried, bisqued, and glazed but I've decided to hang onto it. Note: It is about 11" tall at the greenware stage. There was a time when something like this would have been slop bucket fodder...now, I'm kinda linking the looseness of the form and THAT is a stretch for me (just hoping I don't slump due to all this stretching *grin*)© Copyright 2015, Paul M. Chenoweth, Nashville, TN. All rights reserved.
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Sketch to First Round of Pots
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Yep. The container begins life as a tall, slightly flared cylinder. The ridges are then formed using two fingers, spread slightly on the outside, and one finger pressing from the inside (between the two outside fingers). Thanks, -Paul -
Looks like it might have been a little hotter on top. What was your target cone temperature? -Paul -
From the album: Tornado Pot Sketches and Progress Images
This is me...trying to loosen-up, but not quite getting the release/natural-flow that I intended...I may have to put on my Dr. Seuss hat to get this form-concept to a place that I like. This is an OK pot and the plants will like it. I just wan me AND the plant to like it.© Copyright 2015 - Paul Chenoweth, Nashville, TN. All rights reserved.
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Woodfired boat style vase
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This is not a form that I would have considered for a vase...until now. The way the stem flows from the container, continuing a graceful line makes a lot of sense! And the glaze transitions from dark & mottled to light and airy compliment the form very well. Inspiring!! -
Somehow this feels like what clay was originally intended to be...still very much part of the earth but 'birthed' into something that is true to earth and fire. -
It is time to take my newly acquired underglazes and see if spraying/blending is everything it is cracked up to be...why not, nothing say 'summer fun' like a couple of hours in a respirator mask, right?
I was gonna do clay stuff today, but it's pouring out--humidity is NOT my friend. Hnngh! I wanna throw!
