pot # 28...my god I'm bored...

It's raining and I can't plant my plants or train for my walk. Grrrrr.

Here they are: two tiny pinch pots from a show at the Indianapolis NCECA. They were made my students at a community center. I thought they were great.

The largest one is about 3 x 4 x 3"...the smaller one is 2 x 3 x 2". They are pinched, glazed and raku fired. Theey still had a bit of raku residue on them when I purchased them. They were a dollar a piece and I paid for them on the honor system.

POT # 27...TWO IN ONE DAY

I had lunch with this potter two days in a row this week...Tuesday and yesterday. She is my friend, Mary Kay Porter. (http://www.moonflypottery.com/) She also has work at STUFF in Brookside.

We went to Cafe' Verona (off the square in Indpendence, MO) with potters from the new '323 Clay' studio ...more about that later. Yesterday we went to Avenues Bistro in Brookside shopping district during our long walk I am training to walk 95 miles in 6 days in Scotland this summer).

THE POT...sorry for the blurry pix. I *did* like the 'star' reflection through the plastic covering my ware shelves. Back to the Pot. It is a little vase or bowl about 4" tall x 5.5" wide and 4.25" in depth. It was thrown of ^5-6 porcelain from Flint Hills (Bracker's Good Earth Clays), fired in oxidation with glazes she has made. (We were in an oxidation firing study group for 7 years). I think I recieved this at a potter gift exhange within this study group.

LUNCHES...Cafe Verona good salad and coffee and BREAD ...yummy
Avenues Bistro...had a wonderful and filling quiche with chirizo, tomatoes and onions and a nice little salad.

323 CLAY...at 323 Maple in Indpendence, MO. a new studio with residents Steven Hill, Tara Dawley, DAvid Lee, Carolyn Summers, Cindy Buehler, George Chrisman, Maria Morales Kim Walsh and one fellow I don't know. Nice space...cool people.

THE WALK...the West Highland Way sometime soon.

pot #26

A tiny little house sculpture by Mary Fischer. Following is the one of the url's where I could find her work.

(www.mudfire.com/mary-fischer.htm)

I bought this at the Plaza Art Fair...maybe 2007. I had been wanting a piece of hers for years.

This piece is 3.25" tall at the chimney and a little over 1.25 square. It is made of porcelain with stains. I am not sure about a glaze over all...probably not...this is just vitrified porcelain.

pot #25

Michael Corney.
I bought this at the Santa Fe Clay's 'La Mesa' exhibit at Baltimore NCECA. Was that in 2006? I went with Todd Scholtz and Elly Biggerstaff. Elly and I walked into the La Mesa exhibit, late, and most everything was sold already. We walked over to the little table and saw all the Michael Corney cups. We both bought one. Elly's was a tad obscene on the back. I was already making BoneGuy cups, so I had to have this guy's work.

This piece is 4.25 x 3 x 3" and what you see is what you get. I am guessing it is thrown from porcelain, but I see no throwing rings...it is very smooth. It is pressed in where you see the drawn stain (or underglaze) eyes, nose and mouth. The outside surface is matt, but the inside is glazed. The lip is marked with cobalt of a blue stain. The foot is concave and glazed a vibrant yellow. There is no potter's mark or signature.

Fun cup! You can find his work at www.michael corney.com

pot #24

Nee how (phonetic Chinese),

Yxing teapot...bought at a antique/junk store...I think near Lone Jack, Missouri. It is a typical Yxing teapot, made with red clay, unglazed (inside and out). The flange on the lid, is a good 3/4 of an inch tall. No falling off there!

The pot itself is 2.75 x 5.25 x 4". The lid is about 1.75" tall. I also has a hole right through the center (and the knob) for release of hot air. I never noticed until I now that the body of the pot is slightly larger towards the front...slanted towards the back.

There is a chop mark on the bottom. Needless to say that I can't read that.

pot #23

This tiny cup is from Nancy Gardner...on the ill fated trip to the Plaza Art Fair with the boy friend who had a panic attack.

I digress...

This sweet thing is made of red-ware with commercial glaze or underglaze. It is 2.5 x 2 x 2.5 (with the handle). The opposite side has the same motif, but without the curly vines on each side of the stems.

Brookside Art Annual

*whew*...it's over and I am exhausted. Taking the day off of all things clay (except the BLOG)... (and reading some clay mags)
It was a nice show for me...not fantastic...but nice. The weather was kooky...nice on Friday and Saturday, but Sunday!...wintery.

Thanks to all friends and customers who purchased and stopped by...including students from Longview...Billy, Danielle, Tracy and Jackie...you made my day! A special HI to Jeanine Akins. We were in graduate school together and is the only one of 22 I run into...ever. She teaches Art at Lee's Summit North HS. She is also the Art Dept Chair.