"Lidded Pot"

 

A lidded pot with floral design. Created in "Half-and-half," a medium-bodied clay, which is somewhat gritty from sand, though light-colored.

"Halloween Bowl"

"Halloween Bowl," raku of a light-clay bowl with red and orange glazing, including an undercoat of white with areas of wax resist.

“Celadon Dabble”

“Celadon Dabble” bowl created in light-colored clay with dabbles of “slip” (wet, soft, excess clay from “throwing” the piece) and glazed with Green Celadon (translucent).

"Death Mask"

Bisque fired (unglazed) sculpture.  I realized when posting that it looks like a death mask, hence the name.  I'm not sure whose, but I assure you, it's not you.

"Vase of Impression"

 Hints of Claude Monet's impressionist paintings of London and Le Havre.

“Blue Perfume”

Small jar with a ceramic stopper.  (Stopper pulled for illustration.)

I love the beautiful mottled blues.  Could be used for oil, though makes a great decoration piece.

“Imperfect Beauty”

This small vase broke during a "horse hair" Raku process.  (This piece wasn't glazed and the tongs cooled the thin rim before I could set the pot down and the repaired portion is not visible in first view.) 

Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. (Removal from kiln while hot, which results in cracking created by rapid cooling.) 

(The horse hair technique used, not hot enough to crack the unglazed pot, singed the horse hair.  The hot clay body absorbed and trapped the carbon as it rapidly cooled.)

 

Recently, I decided to attempt a Kintsugi treatment. 

Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique.

 “Voilà!”  (Though not as easy a process as it may seem.)

“Candy Dish“

                                                       

                                                            Candy Dish

                                   (Covered bowl with deep blue blossoms.

                           Takes a bit of work to "cut" the lid, but not difficult.)

“Hoely Bowl!”

Holely Bowl!

                                      (A little whimsy called for, something
                                       different, something conversational.)

“Mixed Media”

Mixed Media (ceramic with wood drift)

“Green Leaves”

"Green Leaves" (decorative plate)

“Wine Chiller”

Keep that white wine chilled.

“Fruit Bowl”

Fruit Bowl.  (If you spin it, you might see a movie!)

“Aqua Stream”

Peruse Primate's Mud-luscious (& other Arts & Crafts) Creations

Aqua Stream (an early signature piece)

Many of our creations remain hopeful of adoption by good homes (at a reasonable price), some are presented here, while others await inclusion.  Enjoy and let us know, if you're interested or have questions.

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Totem Mask (painted ceramic)

Aqua Speckle (Raku with wax resist)

Fire-Engine Red 

Halloween (Raku with wax resist)

Aqua Run

Tan Stan (wax resist) 

Aqua Waterfall (Raku) 

Springtime Riot