Earthy Weddiing Pots for an Austin Tx Bride
Having lived and worked in a pottery shop in Austin Texas for 4 and a half years this is an especially fun special order. Weddings in Austin are fun and variation is appreciated. It is a sophisticated down home kind of place to be. The arts are strong there and it is a great place to be part of again. The blue pot is the one Monica saw that she liked in my shop and we based her pots on variations of that pot, about that size. She ordered 16 variations of the tall vase and 6 variations of the pots pictured below. She also like the black and white raku pot form and wants me to make 6 about twice that size. A coil will have to be added to make the hole smaller and to keep it earthy. A few of the 16 pots drying upside down before they are fired. I always make extras. So far I have 19. This form loves to sink in because of the plasticity of this dark brown clay. I will re-support it tomorrow when it sets up a bit and narrow the hole. Almost, not quite. But it will be altered and be j...






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