Michael Ransford's Art 2025

Michael Ransford "Green Pitcher"

8x3x4in Stoneware and Glass, 2025

So for my idea for this piece was a pitcher, and when I was picking out a design, I liked the leaf design. For the process of this piece, I used a leaf template and a needle tool. The medium for the art is stoneware. This was my first time glazing and was pretty hard at first, but I really enjoyed glazing. I went for a pitcher with no handle, so one is careful to pour any liquids.

Michael Ransford "Steak Dinner"

4x4in Stoneware and paint, 2025

I really enjoy cooking so I thought why not make a pice that pays omage to one of my passions. This was pretty tricky for me to get the grilled marks just right for the steak.

Michael Ransford "Charcuterie Board"

6x8x1in Stoneware and Glass, 2025

So this piece is a charcuterie board; this isn't the first one. The first one sadly broke, and this one was my second try at making a charcuterie board. The design stuck out to me when I was applying it. And the glaze was so nice, I decided to do it again. It was a really nice color. The medium for the art is stoneware, and I used a needle tool, and a mould scrapper.

Michael Ransford "Midnight Blue Bowl"

5x8x3in Stoneware and Glass, 2025

This piece is a bowl, and I spent more time glazing this piece. Although the picture doesn't show the glaze as best it does when you actually see it in person. I used a dark blue for a couple of the coats, and then a glittery coat, this was made to use up some stoneware I had left.

Michael Ransford "Great Pumpkin"

11x11x10in Stoneware and Glass, 2025

This is a pumpkin I spent a month creating. This is the piece I'm most proud of. I spent a lot of time smoothing it out, and adding layer by layer. I was using a coil method, which took me longer to make, because I went layer by layer, smoothing it out. I wanted to make a realistic pumpkin; it is very hefty, and has a lot of space inside of it. The flazing also took a while to get the most oragngish orange we had available, then a green for the leaves, and a brown for the stem. This is definitely my most favorite thing I've made in this class. The tools I used to make it were a needle tool, a brush, a sponge, a rib tool, and a spinning wheel.

Michael Ransford "Nohzuz Fatemaker"

This is a wardog brigand from Warhammer 40,000. I used parts from a miniature building kit, and the dead soldier at the base with the sandbags were 3D printed.

8x6x5in Cardboard and PLA, 2025

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Michael Ransford & James Woolard "Our Stop motion" 2026

This was our stop motion that we used stop motion clay, we made a city being destroyed by four monsters. And in the end we had a massive monster eat them all, including the city.

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