This past week, I finished up the details on a vase thrown in two sections, continued work on a piece for the Southern Indiana Arts Council, and helped set up the Dirt Bags Space Lab Show.
The sectioned vase I worked on last week is the first one I’ve attempted doing any carving through the surface. The vase was thrown in two sections and left on the bat after attaching the top to keep it centered. After a lot of trimming, I was finally confident enough in the consistency of the thickness of the walls to start cutting holes in the piece. I was feeling a little anxious about putting one of my sectioned pieces to the test, but I’m really happy with the results and looking forward to seeing how far I can push it in the future.
I’ve also been working on a compilation piece with Kristy Leverock for the Southern Indiana Arts Council. The piece is a smaller version of the caged animal piece from our Ethereal show last semester. This time I’m not working with a thrown out back, so I’m hoping to have a lot better detail than the last time. Fortunately, the rainy weather we’ve had for the past few months has turned the concrete floor in my home studio into the base of a giant wet box. The extremely slow drying times I’ve been dealing with is ideal for that type of work and I haven’t had to rush to finish all the work in one sitting.
The Dirt Bags Space Lab Show and Potluck went over very well and we had a good turnout. It was good to see the Dirt Bags come together for the event and help spread the word about the club.
This week I’ll be bisque firing the sectioned vase, finishing up the cage piece as well as some bowls for the Arts Council, making a batch of porcelain, and hopefully working on building our train kiln while the weather is mild and starting some new pieces.
