Monday, February 18, 2013

Octo bowl

I love this bowl because of how decorated it is. I started with a simple bowl and the cut out chunks using a cheese slicer the carved out designs and finally added slip trailed dots and lines.  It might not look calming, but oddly enough, it was very peaceful to make.




Monday, February 11, 2013

We're moving..again!

I know this bowl blog as already moved once, but we are going to move on over to my website.  I think this will be for the best.  That way everything will be in one place!  Trust me, this is a good change lol You can follow the rest of this blog here: http://sarahmics.weebly.com/blog.html and while you are over there, check out my awesome website!  Thanks guys!

Just for fun Bowl

Yeah, I know. I'm late. This lovely bowl should have been made and posted sometime last week. But it wasn't, it was made this morning and is now being posted. I'M SORRY! I had a huge week and even bigger weekend, but, if I'm being honest, (looking back) there were plenty of opportunities for me to have made this bowl. I gotta admit, I'm a little discouraged now. I was really proud of myself for posting on time last year with teapots, and then, BAM, in Feb I'm already late. Grrrrrrr Well, enough self disciplining, on to the good stuff.
 
 
 




I love the wavy rim.  I seem to be doing this a lot in my "normal" work too.  I even did a variation of it on my last bowl.  Like i said before, i like movement.  I want you to look at my piece for more than two seconds.  In fact i want you to look at it for a long time and maybe even purchase it and then years later still see stuff you didn't notice before like a glaze drip or a certain, new color that seems to appear when this glaze overlapped the other, ect.  I think that's what makes good art in general.  Because finding all those little details will spark a feeling and that feeling is why I do what i do.  I want to bring joy and emotion to you though my pots. :)

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Petal Bowl

Finished "double walled bowl" and "rose  bowl".  Whatcha think?  I think they turned out lovely.
 


 Cool pick of the wheels :)
 And this is why I named it a Petal Bowl.  I think it looks like a flower from above :).

I wanted it to be a pasta bowl.  I think those are usually shaped like cone, realy tall and  hold lost of noodles! 
 Here's a great shot.  I usually use that middle wheel, but I felt bad for my manual kick wheel, so I decied to throw this weeks bowl on her :).  Isn't she a beauty?
 
I've been really into movement for the past few years.  I just like guiding someone's eyes around the piece.  I think this rim does that successfully. :)  This bowl is simple, but i think the shape speaks for itself.  I've often thought about only glazing white for a year, just to focus on the form and the negative space the shape creates.  Maybe this piece will be white...