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In the Fall of 2021, as COVID dwelled on and some of my hobbies were sidelined, I signed up for a "Whimsical Handbuilding" course at Northwestern's Ceramics Studio. And I fell in love. I'm still learning (always), but boy have I found some more of those PhD transferrable skills. My wonderful instructor, Rachel Ward, encouraged me to catalogue my work. So here it is: a growing list of art (and/or dirt I had fun molding/carving/painting/cooking). More work can be found on instagram.
A series of sculptures
A series of sculptures
Awaken
Unroot
Knot
Reckon
Some finished work
Some finished work
Glass coaster
Carved mug
Wobbly vase
Smol vase [SOLD]
Lots of carved mugs!
More mugs! [SOLD]
Neuron vase [SOLD]
Round boi
Raw-ish vase
Colorful vase [SOLD]
Very raw vase
Carved vase
Handbuilding - from start to finish
Handbuilding - from start to finish
Carved and ready for bisque firing
Bisque covered in Snow on Brick and ready for glaze firing
Final shape!
Final shape!
Pre-bisque - front
Pre-bisque - back
Glaze fired after black iron oxide wash - front
Glaze fired after black iron oxide wash - back
Carving my mixed clay tree
Bone dry, ready for bisque firing
Waiting for glaze firing after a black iron oxide wash
Final shape! [SOLD]
Bisque
Black iron oxide wash on bisque
Final shape after glaze firing
Final shape after glaze firing
Adventures on the wheel - from start to finish
Adventures on the wheel - from start to finish
Freshly thrown
Trimmed. Handle attached.
Glazed bique. Blue Granite all over. White on top & inside.
Final piece - first mug with handle! The Blue Granite was too thin and turned green!
Greenware
Bisque
Glazed bisque
Final - first bowl!
Greenware
Bisque
Glazed bisque
Final - first vase!
Greenware
Greenware
Glazed bisque - Hoping for a bright green on top
Final - OMG the glaze did exactly what I expected/wanted. Madness.
Freshly thrown spiral
Trimmed and carved - looks like chocolate?
Smooth foot
What will I do with ya?
Bisque - no longer looks like chocolate...
Testing out my maker's mark
Bisque covered in glaze (Dusty Tenmoku)
Glazing is hard... look at all those mistakes I had to cover up
Heyo I loved this boi
Look at those crystals!
10/10 shine
My glazing game is getting better
Smol cup (greenware)
Smol cup (greenware)
Bisque
Bisque covered in glaze - trying White over Blue Granite again
Bisque covered in glaze
Heyo! Everything worked as expected!
Dangerously thin plate (greenware)
Dangerously thin plate (greenware)
Oh lord it survived the bisque firing - no cracks!
Glazed - white over blue granite
Final! It matches the smol cup
The glaze hid my maker's mark
Well, it's my first decent plate!
Black clay cup (greenware)
Black clay cup (greenware)
Bisque
Bisque
Bisque covered in glaze - White over Clear over speckled White Underglaze
Bisque covered in glaze
Bisque covered in glaze
Heyo! The surface is a bit rougher than I expected. I should have used another coat of clear and maybe used black instead of white for the rim
The maker's mark looks good!
I love the raw look of this clay
Chocolate banana milkshake approved
Black clay plate (greenware)
Black clay plate (greenware)
Bisque
Bisque
Bisque speckled with white underglaze
Bisque covered in glaze - Black over Clear over speckled White Underglaze
Bisque covered in glaze
Heyo! It's a plate!
Best maker's mark so far
Breakfast approved
Dangerously thin bowl (greenware)
Dangerously thin bowl (greenware)
Bisque
Bisque - see the crack?
Bisque covered in glaze - Mauve over New Black
Bisque covered in glaze
Bisque covered in glaze - trying to accentuate my maker's mark
It's pretty cool to see how the pre-glazing status translates to the final product
Bruh I though this piece would be meh and it turned out amazing
The carved line disappeared but it left a mark on the glaze pattern
The inside is *woah*
Looks like Nissl staining
Throwing a large hot chocolate mug
Waiting for leather hard
Trimmed, waiting for bisque firing
Trimmed, waiting for bisque firing
Bisque. Still need to glaze this boi.
Bisque with confetti underglaze
Bisque covered in glaze (White over Clear over speckled underglaze)
Bisque covered in glaze
This turned out 10/10
Glazing is 10/10 mysterious
Glazing is 10/10 mysterious
Before firing: Blue Granite inside. Iron Red outside (with middle section carved out)
After firing: woah.
Accidental wave
Three small pieces of the kiln shelf fell inside my boi.Â
Making of Unroot
Making of Unroot
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 6
Day 6
Day 6
So uhh... this boi kinda broke in the kiln? But not all is lost. I'll finish it.
The damage :(
It sill stands though
Tap water makes the clay yellow?
Red iron oxide wash + glass shards all over the place
Call me crazy beach lady cuz I walk around the beach with a ziploc bag collecting glass
ok wow I was not expecting the glass to do that - it looks like fungi?!
10/10 better than I imagined it
Making of Knot
Making of Knot
This boi will be a mixed media piece. I need some red yarn.
Bruh sculpting a hand is hard
It's bisqued!
I guess I did an ok job for my first sculpted hand
Red iron oxide wash
Let's put some glass (collected from Lake Michigan) on this boi's head
Instead of red yarn, I used a shoelace I found in the "free" box at ARTica
I was hoping the white glass would be surrounded by the brown, but that's not what happened!
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