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Small Citrus Juicer with Handle and Strainer
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015, all rights reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
This is my very first time throwing four pounds of clay. As I gain skill I know I would likely be able to make a larger pot, but I was extremely happy with how this turned out. This was also my first attempt at making a matching saucer and it fits ... well ... like it was made for it. The surface is decorated with a combination of Hawaiian Red slip and white stoneware slip.© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015, all rights reserved
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Wildflower Batter Bowl and Flower Teaspoon Rests
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Another view of my wildflower batter bowl, with several of my tiny wildflower teaspoon rests. I have a whole bouquet of them to put in my Etsy shop!© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
I made the body of these mugs with Hawaiian Red and painted the inside of the bowl with white slip (playing it safe since I wasn't sure which of my glazes would show up on the dark clay). I applied a design of white slip on the outside and when it came time to glaze, I made the inside of the bowl a vivid color that contrasted with the deep brown of the outside, which I covered in clear glaze to avoid the unpleasantness of bare clay scraping against teeth. I'm going to make these bigger next time since they only hold around 6 ounces. I was going for 10 but I haven't learned to account for shrinkage yet. It's all a learning experience!© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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Speckled buff and lime green leaf bowl/cup
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
Again, one of my first wheel-thrown pieces. Made with Speckled Buff, I painted white slip into the inside of the bowl so the color would show true, then slip trailed a design on the outside in white slip. I was not prepared for the shrinkage! It still throws me off. But this would be a charming hot chocolate cup or great for dessert or ice cream.© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
This is one of my very first wheel-thrown pieces. It's made with Speckled Buff from Laguna and slip trailed with white. Even just in the three months since I threw this I can see a huge leap in both my throwing and slip trailing. So grateful to finally see progress!© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
This sponge holder is made with B-Mix clay. I slip trailed a design of mountains in red slip, then moon and stars in white. The whole piece was glazed in a lovely denim blue glaze that I borrowed from my dad's studio. I'm going to get my own pint.© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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Set of Retro Prep Bowls, Yellow Engobe on B Mix
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
This is a fun set of stacking prep bowls in white with yellow engobe inside and a vintage-looking design on the outside. I covered each bowl with clear and they came out really nicely.© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Wheel Thrown Work, 2015
I don't even want to talk about how long this took to make ... more a work of art than a production piece. But I enjoyed making it so much and this is the first piece I've ever made that came out even better than I imagined. I love everything about it (this never happens to me). I used white slip on the inside of the bowl and white engobe on the flowers so the colors would show true. It worked very well, but some of the little speckles showed through anyway, which I found completely charming.© Copyright Giselle Massey 2015 All Rights Reserved
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Busily photographing 75 items so I can list them online. It's hard to resist the deep pull to make more new work especially now that I can handle the finished pieces and see each thing I want to change. I'll post more works-in-progress and also pictures of my finished pieces today and tomorrow.
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I use Picasa 3 which is a free download from Google. I really like it. All I use is lightness, shadow, and occasionally straighten or crop. I did about 50 photos in 15 minutes last night.
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That being said I DID do wedding photography years ago which involved viewing and editing 1,000-2,000 photos per event so anything compared to THAT is a piece of cake.
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Not listing my work is my biggest weakness. I just hate taking pictures and writing up descriptions.
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I love doing the photos, HATE listing the items. What is your Etsy shop, Rebekah? I'm thinking I've visited before.
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Today we unloaded a huge glaze kiln containing three months' work. Some of the pieces are better than I thought ... but the kiln overfired on the lower shelves and caused pits and blisters. Will regroup tomorrow when I'm less upset and figure out what's salvageable.
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I had a talk with my one friend who is an experienced potter and her advice matches yours exactly. At this point it's an unusable item so I'm not risking anything. Really I had lots of good results and lots of items that came out beautifully and this is only my third kiln load ever. I'm just being a perfectionist.
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Wow. 3rd load with successful pots is fantastic. Congratulations. Im on my like 50th firing and I still toss away 99% of everything.
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Oh my word I would die. I'm using commercial glazes so I'm sure that makes a difference. This load I would say 1/2 were wonderful, no flaws, the othe 1/2 had tiny flaws mostly and a few were really messed up. The kiln we used is huge, its so big I have to stand on a 2 ft stepladder and bend upside down to load the bottom shelf.I fired around 75 items. I'll post photos tomorrow.
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I sent you a private message. How on earth could I say no? -
I think I like the raku slug better. I think it's because the yellow turned out more vibrant. -
You are welcome to make one for your own use. When you form the cube, let it rest a bit till firm before making the design or else the sides you're not working on will "goosh". -
GEP? Otis is finished now, he's blue. I'll share photos of him in a "finished" album soon. -
lol Well thanks! You should try making them. I made these for my sister, she adores guinea pigs *almost* as much as you do.
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From the album: Work in Progress
My son asked for a "penny bank" and Otis came out of the clay to hang out in his room!© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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Calla lily latte cup in Hawaiian Red with white detail
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From the album: Work in Progress
This one will be glazed a vibrant lime green on the inside to contrast with the reddish brown this will be when fired at ^5.© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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From the album: Work in Progress
Handbuilt bell peppers (and one jalapeno for extra flavor)© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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From the album: Work in Progress
© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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From the album: Work in Progress
Playing around with different slip designs for my favorite from my set of vintage dinnerware.© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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From the album: Work in Progress
This pie plate was cast in one color of slip and decorated in another.© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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From the album: Work in Progress
© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
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Slip cast place setting with added beadwork
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From the album: Work in Progress
This set was slip cast from my set of vintage molds from the 1970s. But I love texture so I added all the little details dot by dot and line by line. So relaxing.© Giselle Massey, Giselle No. 5 Handmade, all rights reserved
