Condiment Bowls

This is something I've been wanting to make for years! A condiment set. I am big on ranch, katchup, ect so this is right up my ally.  The bowls are big enough for candy too! I love how the set all flows together.  the rims all "match". :)  I threw the bowls "off the hump" and then trimmed them.  I altered their rims and then added the slip decoration.  The tray is made from a slab of clay that i laid over three little bowls.  Once the slab dried a little it stiffened up and i could flip it right side up.  I altered the tray's rim and added slip to that as well.  The bowls fit nicely and are very stable in the tray :)  I love this set of bowls!

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The "creative fish" bowl

 

I made this bowl while demonstrating at a class I am teaching at the Creative Fish Art Gallery in Syracuse, IN.  I threw the bowl to demonstrate how to throw a bowl on the pottery wheel and it turned out pretty good.  (usually when i'm demonstrating something goes wrong-of course, but not this time)  I then transported the bowl back to my studio, orver an hour away and trimmed the foot and carved out the design you see here.  I'm proud of this bowl.  It has a rounded inside, like half of a circle with no ledge where the walls meet the base ( one of my pet peeves-flat bottom bowls!)  i love the rim.  The size of the rim is nice and the patter i just free handed. before i cut out the rim i altered it and these alterations are what inspired my cutting.  The trimmed foot ring is very nice and just finishes the piece.  I've named this piece after the place it was concieved...i here parents do this too. (i guess these pots are my kids haha) 

  

 

 

 

 

"Rose Bowl"

This is my version of the rose bowl. I think it has to do with football, i dont know :) but i know i love this bowl. My neighbor at my local farmers market gave me a flower at the end of the market and that gesture inspired this bowl. I like it. It's fresh, natural and organic,  just like the produce my farmers market neighbors sell! Haha

Double Wall Bowl

Ok, so this is the first  of 52 bowls I'll be making specifically for this year's challenge! (of course I'll be making tons more bowls for my artfairs, galleries, ect)
How it's done:  I made an egg.  Yep, an egg.  I threw a hollow egg form on the wheel.  Then, I compressed the heck out of it to prepare the clay for what I was about to do next.  I poked holes into the base of the egg to allow air to escape (beause once I closed the form all the air was trapped in there)  I then gradually pushed inthe center or top of the egg until it started to "fall" in on it's self.  I kept pushing and refining the shape until the top of the egg became the bottom of the inner bowl.  Make sense?  Then I let it dry for a day and timmed it and cut out the pattern that you see.  I agree, this patter in a little "safe".  But, it's my first one, I'm just getting warmed up!  I then did a little slip trailing design on the rim for some more visual and textural interest.
I am happy with this bowl because of its craftsmenship.  I feel that it is a good, sturdy bowl that is "uniquely functional" (my business motto).  So, in my eyes, SUCCESS!
Already thinking of ideas for next week's bowl! yayyyy