Media Medley Blog » Art http://www.mediamedley.com/wp Art, Music and Other Musings Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:23:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Left Handed Juicer Made The Etsy Treasury! http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/05/11/left-handed-juicer-made-the-etsy-treasury/ http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/05/11/left-handed-juicer-made-the-etsy-treasury/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 23:32:58 +0000 Cindy http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/?p=370 My last batch of clay that went through the fire came out looking beautiful!

I’d listed these pieces in my Etsy store yesterday. I was surprised to get an email today saying that the left handed citrus juicer had been added to an Etsy Treasury!

Because the treasuries don’t last long, I’ve added a screen shot here for prosperity.

]]> http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/05/11/left-handed-juicer-made-the-etsy-treasury/feed/ 2 More Advanced Forms in Clay http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/03/31/more-advanced-forms-in-clay/ http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/03/31/more-advanced-forms-in-clay/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:27:32 +0000 Cindy http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/?p=366 Here is a batch of my most recent fired work. I’ve experimented with more advanced forms in clay, and working on my skills with pulled handles. The handles on the vase please me, so I must be getting a bit better at the creation of handles. The juicer was made from a two walled cylinder. And then there’s the teapot, probably the most advanced form there is since it requires a cylinder, a spout, a handle and a lid made similarly to a bowl turned upside down with a nob on top.

small vase, plate, two handled vase, juicer, teapot

]]> http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/03/31/more-advanced-forms-in-clay/feed/ 2 New Fire Kissed Clay, Fresh From The Salt Kiln http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/03/10/new-fire-kissed-clay-fresh-from-the-salt-kiln/ http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/2011/03/10/new-fire-kissed-clay-fresh-from-the-salt-kiln/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:07:28 +0000 Cindy http://www.mediamedley.com/wp/?p=359 I’ve had several pieces of clay work come out of the salt kiln. Only four were worthy of displaying at this time. These pieces came from the cone 10 salt kiln at college.

Salt Fired Pottery

 

Close up of Monkey on Lid

A friend asked me when I’d start selling my pottery. I plan on making the clay this spring and buying a wheel around Memorial Day.  I’d planned on spending the rest of year practicing my throwing the clay on the potter’s wheel. I had been planning on buying a kiln next year (in 2012). First, I don’t care to fire up a kiln full of amateurish pottery.  Secondly, I might not even have enough pieces to fire until I have a kiln; a kiln which I can’t afford right away.

But if I can pare down expenses to the bone and slim down the Christmas presents this year (can I live with the guilt?), maybe I can afford a kiln later this year. After all, I’m told that my future collectors are waiting on me!

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