Sunday, September 4, 2011

58 Cedar Ave















 



Old things
early
forgotten
the backyard

befriending the tree
and fence corner
the garbage man
and the beach

shells
stones
hermit crabs
minnows trapped in a coffee can

the water
giving and taking away
the sun
a moment

resting on the horizon
falling
sinking
beneath the water

without me
despite me
leaving me
alone












Saturday, September 3, 2011

Green?

     In an effort to simplify form and focus on preserving the sharpness of my marks in clay I began making vase forms. I recently glazed and fired a few of my less successful forms in the soda kiln. They were deemed less successful because they flare out at the bottom and I'm currently interested in more obviously rectilinear forms. The large vase pictured here was glazed with what comes out of the wood kiln as a white crawling, peeling shino, however, it morphed into a deep green, almost oribe glaze in the soda. I generally dislike shiny pots but the unexpected results are intriguing.