January 27, 2009

Creative Development
























I've been developing vases/vessels and I've SMUSHED quite a few and have some others that I like but these are the latest... some get too busy and I am liking these forms and the gestural quality... I anticipate some slumping of those delicate parts in the firing process... any tips or prop suggestions are always appreciated... I do have some ideas... or just let the chips fall...

Glazing will be an issue as I need to boogie on making new glazes and no time to experiment with these... It will be something tried and true I think... I have the 12(13-1 extra) bowls of my 3 piece 12 person place setting commission ready to bisque and I really need to get back to the things people have already ordered... I also have 2 sushi sets to do...


Before I forget... PLEASE vote in the Etsy Mud Team Sweetheart Vase Challenge!!!! Click HERE!!!
Details:

♥ Sweetheart Vase Challenge ♥
VOTE now for your favorite Sweetheart Vase!
Participating Etsy Mud Team members have created a Valentine's Day themed vase. They may be functional or non-functional.
All visitors who vote in our challenge will receive a coupon for 25% off the price of anything in our Etsy Mud Team shop www.etsymudteam.etsy.com.
The challenge winner will be able to select a pottery prize donated by EMT members. View the Prizes here!
Accepting Votes: 1/27/2009 to 2/2/2009

Keeping in mind I have a piece in there... seen in my previous blog post...HOWEVER, be sincere! There are some super pieces!!!

January 25, 2009

Valentine's Day is JUST around the corner...XOXO

Feel free to take a gander around my SHOP.
I made a couple of vases to commemorate this fabulous commercial holiday of LOVE!!!!
These were a fun first for me... there were definitely technical difficulties but this is a concept and form I'd like to explore further...
Pretty fun!





































































AND P.S. My mother went to go see the Baltimore Clayworks Show and although there is a lot of chatter about my blue teapot, the cream one sold!!!

January 21, 2009

Repetitive?

I know this may be repetitive but now the Baltimore Clayworks Teapots IV Show is in Slide show Format : HERE.

January 20, 2009

What's in the water?


















So...I've been getting requests lately... the shop has been pretty dead....
Of course I've really been only renewing items...not listing anything new... but I'm getting requests of special orders... and the one for 8 of these napkin rings came from France....
No method to the madness...
Just interesting to me...
I have a few things to list but... I dunno...
I'm a little lazy on the listing front...
PLUS...
I have a special order for a 3 piece 12 person place setting that I need to get on AND one sushi set AND I want to make a sushi set for friends who had us come on vacation with them... so... I've got alot on my plate...
Aaaahahahaaha! Get it ? Alot on my PLATE?
I'm such a card...
A little giddy from the BIG FAT INAUGURATION DAY!!!!
Oh... and I've made sweetheart vases I have to fire, glaze and refire... and several other vases as I want to apply to the 500 vases book... so...
I SWEAR...I have been doing something other that playing SCRAMBLE on facebook...I swear!
The treadmill, however, forgets what I look like... I'm forgetting too...

January 11, 2009

Great Show












The show at Baltimore Clayworks: Teapot IV opened last night and I was there and home the same night.
I'm here now to blog about it!
That's my cream piece under the sign...
It was really nice and I really enjoyed having some old friends come and check it out and then meet at a nearby bar/restaurant to hang out with their kids and my kids, etc...For a lot of my old friends this pottery/ceramic work that I do came after they knew me as a fashion designer so it's interesting....I was very pleased with the way the show was set and I truly enjoyed meeting the resident artist at Baltimore Clayworks: Yoshi Fujii whose work and nuances in his work I have an obvious connection too... We had a lovely exchange of thoughts and that was really nice for me.

I guess I'll just be posting SOME photos from the show but I did, in fact, take photos of every single teapot. So if you are looking for one....let me know...























These two are Joy Tanner's...my blog friend.













This celadon piece is Yoshi's.



The one on the right is a favorite by Gwendolyn Yoppolo
(I have a serving(?) dish of hers that I love!)









January 06, 2009

A Friendly Reminder...



































Just a friendly little reminder that the Teapots IV Show opens at the Baltimore Clayworks on THIS Saturday night...
Reception from 6-8pm... I am planning on coming by...
Most likely on the early side... heading back to the Garden State after...

I am interested in seeing the eclectic mix of teapots.... It should be a nice exhibition!
The exhibition runs through the end of February so if you are in the area... go take a peek!


ALSO...opening the same night!
An Abundance of Cups
A Solo Exhibition by Deborah Bedwell
Jan. 10 to Feb. 27, 2009
It looks beautiful!

January 02, 2009

Happy New Year -Another Front Page!!!






















I was included in a lovely treasury today that made it to the front page of ETSY!!!
Same set... the Place Settings that are made to order.... Nice exposure! Thank you to "muppetloon"....
I should also thank "cowriegirl" for the awesome treasury she included me in found in the last post!

A lovely way to start off the new year!

A happy and healthy one to everyone!