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Icelandic Poppies Utensil Holder, Peach
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Body thrown in white, carved poppies design brought out in underglaze and overglaze color. Clear over all and a bright color on interior.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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California Wildflowers Utensil Holder and Batter Bowl, Blackberry
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Body thrown in Speckled Buff. Design hand-carved and glazed in bright underglaze and overglaze colors. Blackberry interior and clear glaze on outside.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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California Wildflowers Utensil Holder, Blackberry
GiselleNo5 posted a gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Body thrown in Speckled Buff. Design hand-carved and glazed in bright underglaze and overglaze colors. Blackberry interior and clear glaze on outside.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Body thrown in Speckled Buff. Design hand-carved and glazed in bright underglaze and overglaze colors. Red interior and clear glaze on outside.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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California Wildflowers Utensil Holder, Closeup
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Detail of carving on utensil holder.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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California Wildflowers Utensil Holder, Red
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Body thrown in Speckled Buff. Design hand-carved and glazed in bright underglaze and overglaze colors. Red interior and clear glaze on outside.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Mug thrown in Speckled Buff. Design hand-carved and glazed in bright underglaze and overglaze colors. Peach interior and clear glaze on outside.© Copyright Giselle Massey - Giselle No. 5 Ceramics - All Rights Reserved
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Round Brushwork vase
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Done with both werkends of the four-day show. Sold about 25% of my inventory and met lots of great people.
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Icelandic Poppies Utensil Holder/Large Vase
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Thank you! I think it's my favorite thing out of the most recent kiln load. So fun to carve. -
Weekend One of the tour was so much fun! I'm not even tired although my feet hurt. I feel like I had friends over all weekend (which for me is heaven). Already inspired for new work and feeling a little silly for my pre-show jitters Friday night.
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Mishima Sponge Holder in Navy, Tan, White
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Moroccan Sand clay from Laguna with carved modern leaves. I applied white stoneware slip inlay and glazed the interior in their Navy Blue.© Copyright Giselle No. 5 Ceramics (Giselle Massey) 2015, all rights reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Hawaiian Red clay from Laguna decorated with white stoneware slip. I glazed the inside in Dynasty Red and the outside in clear to give it a great iced gingerbread look.© Copyright Giselle No. 5 Ceramics (Giselle Massey) 2015, all rights reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
This one is bright and fun. I made with the same technique as the other poppy vase, but since it was so tiny it was very little trouble. Interior is glazed in Laguna's Dynasty Red.© Copyright Giselle No. 5 Ceramics (Giselle Massey) 2015, all rights reserved
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Icelandic Poppies Utensil Holder/Large Vase - Detail
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Closeup of the carved and underglazed detail on my Icelandic Poppies vase. It has a lovely texture to touch.© Copyright Giselle No. 5 Ceramics (Giselle Massey) 2015, all rights reserved
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Icelandic Poppies Utensil Holder/Large Vase
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Thrown in B-Mix. I carved the poppies then applied Duncan's Bright Kiwi to the stems and leaves, their Light Pink to some flowers, and a mix of their Bright Pink and Light Saffron to get peach. The yellow is Laguna's Yemen Yellow Engobe, and some of the poppies are done in a thin layer of Dynasty Red so it shows up lightly and doesn't overpower the pastels. Interior and top is glazed in Laguna's Peach Blush and exterior has one of their clear glazes. I really, truly loved how this one came out. It's for once even better than I imagined.© Copyright Giselle No. 5 Ceramics (Giselle Massey) 2015, all rights reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Wheel thrown in Speckled Buff. I then carved wildflowers and applied Duncan Bright Kiwi underglaze to the grass and stems. After bisque firing I glazed the inside in Laguna's Dynasty Red, the flowers in their Blackberry Wine and Peach Blush with streaks of the red. All over is clear. This was the first thing that sold on the first day of my Open Studio show.© Copyright Giselle No. 5 Ceramics (Giselle Massey) 2015, all rights reserved
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Studio Tour is tomorrow and I wasn't even nervous till about an hour ago, when suddenly "Who am I kidding?" popped into my head. All I can see is the mistakes and the simple beginner's shapes and I just want to call the whole thing off!!
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I still have a lot of my second kiln load of wheel thrown stuff (the first load is to be kept or gifted, not sold. Too funky!) and I have really progressed to better forms and surface design. My solution was to put all those pieces I didn't like in one spot and leave them unpriced. Anybody who asked the price already liked them, so they weren't JUST buying them because they were cheap. Unloaded a few, but mostly full-priced stuff and even just had one online sale from someone who...
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... someone who came in today, bought nothing, but ordered from home. Had really great conversations with a few visiting potters, who were all very kind and friendly. No sneering as I had imagined.
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I didn't realize I was being tough. I just was being reasonable! Did you have the gallery yet?
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Glaze kiln cooling, to unload tomorrow, all new designs. So excited! Next weekend is my Open Studio Tour.
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Unloaded a huge (for me) 45-piece bisque load that was all my own work. I'm so excited and inspired to make more things that glazing these first will take self-discipline. I'm definitely a mud potter!
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Those obvara pots you posted were poetry in pots. I wish I could afford to buy one so bad!! ♥♥♥ I think my hugest bisque load was seventy-one pieces back in college. I took up the huge oval Skutt & a round, haha! That was HELL to glaze!
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Yeahhhh I'm neck deep in glazing right now. *sigh* Not my favorite part but I'm excited to see finished results. This load would have been more pieces but I had several large (for me, 4# is large) pots and bowls that took up more room.
Btw, you must be thinking of someone else because I've never tried obvara. Yet!
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Threw porcelain for the first time ever. >
It was not cooperative. I have been doing so well, yet I scraped off several flops. Finally I went back to B-Mix and my confidence was so shaken that I kept having flops with that too. Grump grump grump.- Show previous comments 7 more
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Giselle, why not do one of Antoinette Badenhorsts' e-courses? She'll help you with getting used to porcelain. Be it hand building or throwing!! http://www.porcelainbyantoinette.com/
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Evelyne, thanks for the tip!
I don't plan to work with porcelain but if I do I'll keep that in mind. I like working with stoneware. I was only throwing with my dad's porcelain was to make some mugs for him. I trimmed and attached the handles last night and they look really great.
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I'm with you Giselle, Horrible stuff till it is fired.
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Glaze firing with my dad this weekend. We'll open tomorrow morning since we used his big kiln. First time ever that I've slept the night we were glaze firing, I feel pretty confident.
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how much I enjoy sharing this with my dad.
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Also I have discovered something. I don't have trouble sleeping when the kiln is firing .... I have trouble sleeping when the kiln is about to be opened. I got about 3 hours of sleep on Saturday night because I was so excited, got up at 6:30 am, rushed over, and caught my dad eating breakfast. LOL
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I'm sorry about your dad's hard work getting wrecked. That's really sad, but he'll be ok; he has a wonderful daughter to cheer him on, not guilt. Go Dad!
I'm glad you had results you wanted. Relax, Rethink, Remake and fire away.
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first glaze firing in my home kiln!
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This, right here, is my favorite. This I could see in my home. A little different in style than your other work I've seen, more modern, but just fantastic. Love the high contrast between the black/white/red.
Time to make more!
It was not cooperative. I have been doing so well, yet I scraped off several flops. Finally I went back to B-Mix and my confidence was so shaken that I kept having flops with that too. Grump grump grump.
