Pot #15

I gotta love this one. My daughter Fiona made it. It is on my 'wall of fame' along with many other great pots from famous people. Fiona had just gone with me to the KC Clay Guild Holiday Tour and she had seen and visited with Tara Dawley. At the time Tara was using a chair forms in her work...in particular, as handles on lids. Fiona loved this idea, so she went home and began making chairs from slabs (with a little instruction from me). It is 6.5 x 3 x3". It is made of porcelain and glaze with some commercial glazes. Luv, luv luv it!

March 28, 2011...POT # 2

NEWS FLASH! 04/21/11...I just found a very similar pot in "500 Teapots"...same glaze, forming method...same stamps! The pot was credited to Donna Cole!

Whaddup with that...I will have to get to the bottom of this!

I am going to open a glaze kiln later today...always a little scary.

POT #2...from the Cone Box Show. This piece is circa 2004 (I think). It is by Mika Negishi Laidlaw. http://www.msnu.edu/artdept/gallery/Laidlaw.html

She got her MFA at Kansas State University. I bet she studied under Yoshi Ikeda. She teaches at Minnesota State U. at Mankato. This teapot is 6 x 2.75 x 2.5" and appears to be made from cream colored stoneware...maybe B-Mix. Hmmmmmmmm.

It is slab built from pieces that have finger grooves or throwing grooves in the surface. There are very tiny stamp marks to act as joints/biscuits. These are spiral is shape. The glaze is mottled light to very dark green (almost black) and looks like it was fired in a reduction atmosphere.

I do not remember what I paid for this teapot, although I *do* know that it was under $150.oo, because that is the limit to what your piece may priced at.

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