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I was browsing the @texasclayfestival website when I was browsing the @texasclayfestival website when I happened to see the countdown ticking away indicating that there were only 12 days to go before the show! I knew that the show was in two weeks, but there is something about the countdown --the seconds ticking away-- that creates this feeling, best described by my friend Susan @skennedyart : nerv-xciting, a mixture of nervousness and excitement. Having just finished making wet clay work I know what my next two weeks would look like: a glaze marathon! Here are some freshly made crater bowls, juicers and gravy boats that will get glazed this week. #texasclayfestival #leatherhard #artshow #Texasartist #bowl #juicer #rustic #wip #workinprogress #gravyboat #wheelthrown #handbuilt
Mugs headed to @clayakar for the #americano show t Mugs headed to @clayakar for the #americano show that opens in early December. #coffeecup #mug #brushwork #coffeemug #handmadepottery #handle #slipwork #functionalart #coffee #sumi
So excited to learn that #texasclayfestival will b So excited to learn that #texasclayfestival will be an in-person event this year. With little over a month to go, production is in full swing. Featured here are ramen bowls with handmade chopsticks that I plan to have at the show next month. So Looking forward to meeting up with friends that I haven't seen for almost two years now!! #Ramen #ramenbowls #chopsticks #wip #texasartist #artshow #bowl #ceramics #functionalart #wheelthrown #altered
So excited and honored to be a part of the @artaxi So excited and honored to be a part of the @artaxis Community! Link to page in bio Born and raised in New Delhi, India, and now based in Round Rock, Texas, we're happy to welcome Shikha Joshi to Artaxis. Find her on Instagram at @potterybyshikha and on Artaxis at https://artaxis.org/artist/shikha-joshi/. This gravy boat is 6″ x 8″ x 4″, Media: Stoneware, Wild Clay/Raw Clay, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Oxidation, Surface: Engobe / Slip / Underglaze, Glazed . . #artaxis #ceramics #shikhajoshi #contemporaryceramics #handmadepottery #pottery Reposted from @artaxis
This mortar pestle and salt cellar are some of the This mortar pestle and salt cellar are some of the pieces heading to @companiongallery for the show #RawClay opening in mid September. When I was invited by @ericbotbyl to participate in "Raw Clay," a show celebrating clay and it's myriad qualities, I jumped on the opportunity because while I love working with glazes, I also really enjoy making pieces with minimal glazing, where the spotlight is on the claybody and all the impressions that get recorded on it-- the fingerprints, the stretch marks, the folds, the cracks, that tell the story about its creation. I really enjoyed making pieces for this show and I find that there are some new ideas that I want to explore further so I am not ready to move on just yet☺ #rawclay #mortarpestle #saltcellar #kitchendecor #rustic #rusticdecor #Molcajete #rockdecor #naturaldecor #cooking #organic #unglazed #bowl #inspiredbynature #kurinuki
I am really excited about this first collaborative I am really excited about this first collaborative project with my teenage son! Check out his work @advait_woodcrafts For those of you interested in the backstory of how this came about...please read on.  As I try to trace the inception of this piece, I realize that the seeds of this story were planted early last year when the pandemic had just begun and we were all quarantined at home. Like everyone else, our high schooler found himself spending long hours in front of the computer doing online school and trying to keep up a social life with friends. The mental fatigue that comes from endlessly staring at the screen soon started to become apparent. We talked to him about finding an outlet for himself, something device free, something that would give him joy and relax his mind. Having engaged in wood working on and off for a few years now, he decided that he wanted to use his time to delve deeper into this craft. Fast forward a year and now he is fully immersed into the fascinating world of exotic woods, resin and charcuterie boards. To me, both as a parent and as an artist, it has been so fulfilling to watch him thrive physically, mentally,  emotionally as he discovers the joy of working with his hands! As his skills improved so did the quality of his work and we started talking about a collaborative project: a chess board, where he would be responsible for the board and I would make the pieces. We both had complete freedom as to the vision and execution of our end of the project. I personally am not a big fan of the game so to make it appeal to the potter in me, I decided that all my chess pieces would be pots with unique characteristics to serve in lieu of standard pieces. We worked independently on our part of the project for over a month. Finally last weekend it all came together. We call this project: When a Potter  and a Woodworker Decide to Play a Game of Chess! #collaboration #chessboard #chess #collaborative #miniatures #wenge #aromaticcedar #gameboard #wood #ceramics #woodenchessboard
This piece has had me intrigued for a few days now This piece has had me intrigued for a few days now, essentially due to the unexplained smattering of grey that bloomed on the side. It brings to mind carbon trapping but of course that can't happen in electric kilns! I don't know how it came about but I really like how it looks and would love to be able to create it intentionally. So that means I will need to zoom into the glaze combination of this particular cup and make various iterations and see if I am able to recreate it. This particular cup was brushed with a red clay slip mixed with calcite and then covered with white slip, sprayed with rutile and a combination of green and yellow glazes. My first hunch was that the grey color came from ash so I was kind of surprised when my notes said "no ash". That is what I love about testing...it takes me on such wild goose chases😊. #cone6oxidation #electricfiring #inclusions #calcite #blackclay #yunomi #cup #wabisabi #experimentation #glazing #glazetesting #redclay #surfacevariation #shikhajoshi
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
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