Mossy Creek Pottery...........

......a ceramics wonderland tucked away up a secluded road off the coastal 101 highway just south of Lincoln City, Oregon.  The work of 40 ceramic artists are shown in the gallery.

Full Moon............

..........fever.  Ceramic, mid-fire sculptural wall hanging.  8" x 8" x 2.25"

The Last of the Snow-Kin...........

......now gathered at The Gallery At Ten Oaks awaiting the coming of the Solstice.

The NEWEST.......CAT Crow-Kins......

......in all their combined corvid/feline um........grace?  Beauty?  An odd mixture for sure.

Biding a bit in Bandon....

...drinking in the incredible sunsets...

Planetary Plate........

.......sculpture, ceramic/glass.  Roughly 8-inches in diameter x 2-inches deep. 

Ceramic Sculptures.......

"Entropy Comes Knocking"  Ceramic/metal.  Mid-fire with a plethora of glazes and oxide washes. 
12-inches x 12-inches x 6-inches.

"Prayers Are Precarious Things"  Ceramic.  Mid-fire.  12 x 6 x 6-inches

,,,,just out of the kiln.  I've been stalling on these due to the amount of time required for glazing, but finally decided it was time to get them finished.

The World's FIRST..........

.......Snow-Kin...or Snow Crow-Kin.  Wheel-thrown body, sculpted head.  Cold finished in acrylics.

Snow-Kins....or....Snow-Crow-Kins....or....

prototype Scrow-Kins....whatever.   Early days in the process.

"Comfortably Numb".............

........sculpture, ceramic & metal.  12-inch diameter.

Dark Side..........

......Of The Moon.  Ceramic, sculpture, wall-hung.  9-inch diameter.

New sculpture pieces...

"Orbital Mechanics" ceramic, raku. 9-inch dia.

"Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun"  ceramic, stoneware. 10-inch dia.

"Radio MIR: Is Anybody Out There?"  Ceramic, metal, raku-fired.  12-inches high.

Crow-Kin Day at the Gallery!

Raku fire of the BIG pumpkin!

Pulling the piece from the kiln @ 1600F

Transporting the red hot piece to the reduction chamber

The combustibles light up from the heat

About ready to cut off the supply of oxygen

The finished result (after a bit of scrubbing).  I'll paint the heads with a matt varnish to prevent color lightening.

10...9...8....7.....LIFTOFF coming SOON!

Decided to play with the idea of rocket ships.  I can see lots of ways to go with these.  Anyway...early stages and all.....

Stormy day -- PERFECT for a Raku session...

The kiln in fire.

Two of the raku jack-o-lanterns

Pulling the jack-o-lanterns from the kiln and leaving to sit for a minute to break the crackle glaze

And into the reduction chamber (filled with cedar shavings and newspaper)

Just about......

.....ready for bisque.  Wheel-thrown pumpkins cluster atop the heated kiln....

Raku fire!

Playing with glazes to see what looks best.  So far, I'm happy with the results.

This Week........

Large pumpkin with crows - roughly 15" tall x 12" diameter.  Build 2.

Large pumpkin build 1 with attendant jack-o-lanterns

......it's MORE pumpkins....this is a taste of what's cooking on the burners.  The large pumpkins are hand-built via coil and balloon.  The smaller ones are thrown on the wheel.  And oh yes, there are even more.....tis nearly the season, eh?

The week in review.....

Wheel-thrown pumpkins drying.  The largest is about 7-inches high.  I'm still trying for about 12-inches tall, but my throwing skills aren't quite there yet.

Apollo astronaut Crow-Kin in progress

Deep fried bacon wrapped Reeses Peanut-butter cups.  Had to try this once in my life.  Once was enough....trust me.

This Week......

.....in review.  Totems galore with more on the way....