"Plutonium Patriarch".............

 ..........digital composition.

Madonna & Child of Chaos.............

 ......digital composition.

Our Blessed Lady of Chernobyl..............

 .......digital composition.

The Atomic Madonna & Child..........

 ........digital composition.

Season's Greetings!

Baltic Raku....aka Obvara.........

 ......first time I've tried this.   The unglazed clay pieces are fired to 1650F, then pulled and dunked into a mixture of water, flour and yeast.   Then into a bucket of water and set aside to cool.   I lost the first piece to thermal shock, but these three came out in varying degrees of interest.    The whiter piece is a different clay than the other two.   Much more experimentation is in order!

Artifact 121520............

"Reynolds Wrap" glaze, raku fired.  Approximately 5-inches diameter X 3.5-inches high.

Yarn Bowl exploration.........

A trio of yarn bowls.  I have sent several out into the wild for function testing.  We shall see!  This is a an amusing diversion from actually working on stuff I should be working on.

 

The Crows Returneth............

 

The Three Wise Crows of the East.   Inspired by a donation of antique salt & pepper tops from Darcy of Art Center East.

Raku Crow-Kin

MORE Raku Crow-Kin

Been a while, but I've been busy!

Table top fountain: 10-inches wide X 8" tall.  Ceramic.

Tripod bowl:  roughly 6" x 6" ceramic.

Some of the bowls donated to the Willamette Art Center for fundraising.

Spoon rests donated to the Willamette Art Center for fundraising.

VOTE!

 

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Prototype Table-top Fountain....................

 .........in progress.   Making various pieces to see what works best.

Newest Raku-Fired Pumpkins.........

......ceramic, roughly 8-inches high.

Trip to the North coast and thereabouts......

.....a lovely outing - the coast was about 25-degrees cooler than the valley.

The Pumpkin Season has begun...........

....Raku fired ceramic pumpkins.  Roughly 8-inches high.

 

Tea Bowls .....Part Two.........

Copper Patina glaze with yard clay (the black).  Cone 6.

Various commercial glazes with Eastern Oregon roadside material (the reddish stone).

Amaco Shino matte glazes (matcha and oolong)

The quest to find the heart of the tea bowl continues...and shall for some time.   These are the latest in the journey.   

 

The Evolution of Crow................

(left) Crow-Kin (6 to 7 inches, (right) Uber-Kin (10 to 12 inches) and (center) Ultra-Kin (17 inches).  The Ultra-Kin is in the prototype phase.

 

Corvid-20 ......the new & improved....

 

........virus!  Why settle for the common Covid-19 when Corvid-20 is now available??  Tastes great, less filling, makes you feel 20 years younger AND life is far more amusing!  

New video..........

.....frightening........

Round and Round......New Wheel!

 

....Shimpo VL-Whisper.  Finally!

"Essence of Crow" Part 2..........

.....ceramic, mid-fire.  11" x 6" x 6".

Tea Bowls..............

Interior is Georgies Mustard Ash glaze.   Exterior mid is a "roadside" glaze I concocted from material picked up near The Painted Hills, Oregon last summer (on the public road you take to the park, you see material washed down out of the surrounding hills and it accumulates on the shoulder).   It's a reddish granular material and is likely iron oxide mixed with clay,   I added Neph Syn and silica and it melts beautifully at Cone 6 and has just the right feel.  

Amaco Ancient Copper interior with Ancient Jasper exterior.

Interior & exterior Amaco Ironstone.

Crow-Kin & Camera....

.....they found the camera set up with a fisheye (now they insist it's really a crow-eye) lens and took some portraits........sorry 🙃

In progress stuff......

New Crow-Kin in progress with more on the way!

Trying my hand at Japanese tea bowls.  I am fascinated by the form.

"Temple of Small Gods"......

Ceramic.  Mid-fire.  13" x 4" x 4".

JUST say'in.............

The Crow-kin Multiply........

Commissioned Crow-Kin

The wee buggers waiting for the Test of Fire.

Air Force Aces

in preparation of the Day of Celebration coming up in August.

"Outside The Box" fundraiser .........

Click HERE for "Outside the Box" auction.

This is one of the Salem area Artists In Action fundraisers for their various programs.

"Quantum State".............

.....becoming as observed.   Created as a donation to Salem's Artists In Action "Outside the Box" fundraiser.  Mixed media/assemblage: ceramic, metal, wood, acrylic, paper.   18" X 9" X 7".