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Here is a collection of my favorite pieces from th Here is a collection of my favorite pieces from the latest test cycle. The variations are largely due to the different inclusions. I tested the following inclusions in this series: 1. Calcite 2. White sand from Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas 3. Sandstone from Wadi Rum, Jordan 4. Sedona sandstone 5.Gravel from Bangalore, India 6. Clay from Dead Sea All these have been tested on mid-fired black clay #266. All inclusions were mixed into slip and applied to leather hard cups.The cups that look lighter were covered by a white slip after bisque fire. Each piece has a combination of four to five glazes and ash. Swipe to see an example of each. #yunomi #wabisabi #cups #ceramics #glazetesting #inclusions #sandstone #calcite #sand #cone6oxidation #surfacevariation #texture #experimentation #electricfiring #gravel
Just finished sanding cups from my most recent gla Just finished sanding cups from my most recent glaze experiments. Now I need to decode all the new information these pieces have for me. I will share detailed results in the next post but I couldn't resist sharing a couple of exciting pieces. Interestingly, both the cups are the same clay body and glaze palette, and are fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln. The only difference is the inclusion. The first one has calcite inclusion and the second one has pink sandstone from Wadi Rum (Jordan). PS: my last reel gives a quick view into how these cups were made. #glazetesting #experimentation #glazing #cone6oxidation #electricfiring #inclusions #sandstone #calcite #blackclay #266 #ceramics
Teabowls...there is something so magical and elusi Teabowls...there is something so magical and elusive about this form. Everytime I make them I realize how much more there is to learn... #teabowl #chawan #teabowlnational #matcha #japaneseceramics #japanesepottery #wabisabi #cone6oxidation #potsinaction #brushwork #calcite #tea #indianamericanartist #teaceremony
This would have made a nice #teabowl for #matcha o This would have made a nice #teabowl for #matcha only if it hadn't shrunk so much. 😉 #photographs can sometimes be so deceptive without a frame of reference. #miniature #japaneseceramics #yunomi #wabisabi #cone6oxidation #woodfiredlook #ashglazing #electricfiring #pottersofinstagram #illusion
#Repost @charliecummingsgallery Excited to be a #Repost @charliecummingsgallery Excited to be a featured artist at this gallery. Show now online. Link in bio. #ramenbowl #avocado #ceramics #pottery #calcite #blackclay #yunomi #teabowl #wabisabi Photo credits @charliecummingsgallery
I ended up making a handful of pots yesterday...li I ended up making a handful of pots yesterday...literally! #greenware #pottery #vase #ceramics #pottersofinstagram #workinginthestudio #perception #miniature
As I photograph pieces headed to @charliecummingsg As I photograph pieces headed to @charliecummingsgallery I am most excited about these pieces with calcite (that's the rock in the backdrop of these images). Trying to create rustic and variegated surfaces within the constraints of an electric kiln has been a constant challenge that has guided the direction of my work for the past decade. To this effect I have endlessly experimented with glazes, inclusions and ash in an attempt to create surfaces that look more organic than what one expects out of an electric kiln. I started playing with crushed calcite a couple of years ago and it has been a huge learning process with a few hits and a lot of misses, and some disasters! Up until now I had just seen the effect of calcite on the raw clay body. This is the first time I tried using calcite under a combination of glazes and ash and I am ecstatic with the preliminary results. With summer around the corner, and major commitments for shows out of the way, I will turn my attention from making work to experimenting with glazes. First on the agenda would be testing calcite under each glaze to figure out how its presence affects the glaze. So lots of testing on the horizon for me! P.S. If you are interested in seeing how I incorporate calcite into my work, check out my last reel on Instagram. #calcite #experimentation #glazetesting #glazechemistry #geology #ceramics #liddedjar #teapot #oilcruet #mug #texasrocks #wabisabi #organic #rustic #cone6oxidation #electricfiring #surfacevariation
Contemporary Pattern is now live. Check out @compa Contemporary Pattern is now live. Check out @companiongallery Honored to be showing with these amazing artists! @potterybyosa @jpr_studio @maureen_marcotte @jenallenceramics @horacio_casillas_jr @toberninejilly @markarnold_ceramics #davidmcdonald
Testing out my new ramen bowls! Some of these are Testing out my new ramen bowls! Some of these are heading to @charliecummingsgallery for my show in June. The pieces felt incomplete without some nice wooden chopsticks accompanying them, and store bought ones didn't seem to cut it so I went off on a tangent and started learning how to make my own. I used Black Walnut wood and Aromatic Cedar for this project. A huge shout out to Matt @monaco_bowls for all his guidance and help in troubleshooting the problems I encountered while working with wood. What inspired me to make ramen bowls? For that, we need to go back to the very beginning of quarantine. With all of us home for the foreseeable future, we started exploring Netflix for some new shows and chanced upon the genre of Korean dramas. After the first two shows we started getting hooked and by the time we saw Crash Landing on You, we completely fell for k-dramas hook, line and sinker! Since then a year has passed and we have been seeing nothing but Korean dramas. A very common imagery in k-dramas is people consuming copious amounts of ramen-- totally mouth-watering! So of course we had to eat it too. But when one is a potter it isn't as easy. One has to research ramen bowls, figure out a design, make the bowls, then make the chopsticks to go with it and finally learn how to cook and serve ramen. It all finally came together this weekend... and it was totally worth the wait!! #ramen #ramenbowl #chopsticks #kdramas #japaneseceramics #bowl #noodles #potsinaction #servingbowl #aromaticcedar #blackwalnut #soloshow #ceramics #bowl #asianfood
I really enjoy working with the the Visual Arts Ce I really enjoy working with the the Visual Arts Center Cone 6 oxidation shino recipe that I got from @ceramics_monthly. While not a true shino, it does give some interesting effects in an oxidation kiln. Anyone else out there who uses it? #cup #yunomi #wabisabi #japaneseceramics #shino #ceramics #cone6oxidation #electricfiring #pottersofinstagram #cups #crawlglaze #rustic #visualartcenter #teacup #tea #indianamerican
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