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1) “Ceramic handmade pink strawberry vase small.” Ceramic by Lacey Konjevich. (n.d.). Etsy. PotterybyPony.
2) “Ceramic Pinch Pot With A Crackle Glass Center.” Ceramic by Nancy Nardone. (n.d.). Etsy. redbarnpottery.
3)Ceramic by Penny Evans. (n.d.). Penny Evans Ceramics.Art.Design.
(sorry I couldn’t find this piece on her website so I don’t know much)
1)This handmade pinch pot is meant to replicate a strawberry. It is a dull crimson color with darker specs and sort of reminds me of a just past ripe strawberry. The inside is a mix of darker and lighter greens, almost resembling a watermelon rind. It is around four inches tall and four inches wide. It has small indents all around it with black dots in the center of it, meant to resemble the seed capsules of a real strawberry. It isn’t perfectly round or even, which makes it even more realistic in my opinion. The glaze is shiny on the outside but a little more dull(from what I can tell)on the inside. The most interesting part of this piece to me is the indentations the artist made to replicate how a strawberry looks. I like how they aren’t all the same, some indents are bigger or wider than others, and the black dots(seeds) aren’t always perfectly placed in the middle.
2)This handmade pinchpot is wider and has a more open mouth that almost looks like a flower petal. It is a hazy cobalt blue, with a striking crackle glass center that is a deeper, darker shade and reminds me of a geode. This one looks around an inch tall and 3 1/2 inches wide, but the sizes vary a little bit, they aren’t all the same. The artist has listed or pictured many different ways these ‘catch-all trays’ could be used, and there are a range of different color combinations. The glaze on this one is shiny, and a little bit streaky(or thin), a detail I like. These pots/trays look to be relatively even all the way around, but again that can vary from piece to piece. The most interesting part of this pot is the crackle glass center. I don’t exactly know how this is done, but it is a beautiful detail and makes the pinch pot that much more unique. You can’t make each crackle exactly like another, giving individuality to your pieces.
3)These handmade pinch pots have a black outside, with carved details revealing the fired white clay beneath, some thin lines, dots, and thicker lines all layered on top of each other. Artists like Tim Christensen often use this sort of Sgrafitto technique. However, the inside of these pinch pots is very colorful, with a stripe of red dots over a strip of black glaze. Framing that central stripe is more carved details, with thin lines that go from one side of the pot to the other. Those strips of carved lines separate the interior pot into what look like quarters or halves. Those separated spaces are glazed with a shiny light sky blue. These pots seem to be 1 ½ inches tall, around 2-2 ½ inches wide, and not perfectly even all around. The most interesting thing about this pinch pot is the insides. It is an explosion of different colors and textures. Similarly to the other pots I’ve looked at, they aren’t the same, these two pots have essentially the same design elements but are configured in different ways. This allows them to be related but still singular.
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