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Just another #mugshotmonday , but I wish it was Sunday, because that's my funday.
#ceramics #craft #wheelthrown #stoneware #thrownandaltered #pottery #wip
The quintessential soda fired pot. Made by my second teacher @shanechristensen . This guy introduced me to soda and wood firing which has been a blessing and a curse.
#Sodafired #pottery #wheelthrown #ceramics #cone10 #stoneware
Reminiscing about the time I collaborated with @tiptoland . I made this for Clay Fest @potterynorthwest a couple years ago. Tip painted the image. @hisudhi now owns it. Hope you are doing well Tip and Sudhi. .
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I fired this planter upside down in a crazy hot oven, and all sorts of chemical magic happened in the glaze. I made it when I resident-arted @potterynorthwest in Seattle. I gave this to my best friend Hair, Some Hair ( @somhair )
#potterynorthwest #somehair #pottery #plants #magic #sodafired #ceramics
Thinking about rice planting season in Nepal. This is a neighborhood friend of @drsapkota .
#rice #riceplanting #asia #nepal
A piece experimenting with multiples and the tension between them. .
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#ceramics #clay #sculpture #craft #maker #handmade #wip #coilpot #ceramicart #ceramiclife #stoneware #ceramica
A family of pots .
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#pottery #handcraft #notredameart #ceramics #wheelthrown #thrownandaltered #ceramiclife #wip #vase #stoneware #family #handmade
A terracotta lamp with copper shade. I designed this in Nepal @acp_dhukuti . The color and texture of the shade is like my glazed ceramic work. .
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#ceramics #lamp #terracotta
#copper #céramique #patina #handcraft #handmade #wheelthrown #wheelthrownpottery #clay #ceramiclicious #ceramiclove #makersmovement #homedecor #interiordesign #homefurnishing
Back into the beautiful Summer of Northern Indiana and to a form I find comfort in, the jug. I usually smooth the surface out, but with this series I am going to leave the marks of the process... Let's see .
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#pottery #jug #ceramics #ceramicjug #claylife #notredameart #craft #thrownandaltered #wheelthrown #wheelthrownpottery #pitcher #ceramicpitcher #handmadepottery #handmade #makersmovement #vase #handmadevase #ceramicart
Every morning I walked into work I would greet these people by saying 🙏🏻Nameste didi (hello big sister) or 🙏🏻 nameste dhai (hello big brother). Their faces would light up with the warmest smiles and there would be some excited laughter and chatter. For two months this happened and it never got old. Every time I thought "wow, how can all these people be so sweet?" _
This is the Association of Craft Producers (ACP) and they employ around 800 economically disadvantaged people with safe, clean jobs as craft producers. It filled my heart to work with them and I miss them all so much. They are brothers and sisters to me and I will see them again one day.
Gopal Kalapremi Shrestha Sir in his home studio in Kathmandu working on a #Shiva sculpture. It will be cast in stone.
Gopal Sir has created a beautiful community where people from all walks of life come to work. It is a rich environment where jokes are plenty and inspiration is high. I'm grateful for the opportunity to work here. Hope to come back soon.
#nepal #nepaliartist #nepaliculture #sculpt #ceramicart #stonecast #ceramics #ceramicart #clay #ceramicsculpture #sculpture
What can I say? This shot speaks for itself .
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#handcraft #cat #dog #nepal #tailormade #tailor #handmade
Raku firing on Gopal's rooftop. They open the kiln when it is glowing red hot, take the pots out, and place feathers and horse hair on the surface. The heat permanantly seers the pattern of feathers and hair onto the pot.
The tea cups are dunked in Nepali beer called chhyang. The organic material in the beer burns and turns the raw clay surface brown. The bubbles of the beer add to the surface texture.
#raku #ceramics #pottery #craft #nepal #chhyang #clay #wip #studioart
Learning and working with Gopal Kalapremi Shrestha at his home and studio in Kathmandu.
This is a statue of Ganesh. With help from his students, he is taking a mold for a "stone cast" or cement cast. He will also be making two more large sculptures, one of Lord Shiva and a stupa. They are commissions for a home garden in Patan.
Gopal is living the dream as a retired professor from Kathmandu University, he makes a living selling work and teaching workshops. Around his studio he has developed an enriching ceramic scene as people come to assist and learn.
#kathmandu #nepal #ceramicart #clay #craft #sculpture #ceramicsculpture #moldmakingandcasting #ganesh #ceramics #homestudiolife #wip #artstudio
Wrapping up work here in Nepal. Here is another teapot for the record. .
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#ratomato #redclay #terracotta #teapot #acp #nepal #craft #pottery #makersmovement #handcraft #handmade #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrown #thrownandaltered #ceramics #clay #ceramicart
I'm happy about this teapot I made for @acp_dhukuti . In some ways, pottery is more challenging to make than sculpture. The challenge is to express aesthetic while constructing a properly functioning object. Every detail must be precise as these objects will be experienced not only with the eyes, but with touch. .
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#teapot #clay #ceramics #pottery #handmade #designermaker #ceramicart #craft #handmadepottery #wheelthrownpottery #thrownandaltered #huffposttaste
The lady in my last post was spinning cotton wicks for ceramic oil burners like these. Used in Hindu prayer and worship.
#ceramics #handmade #craft #hinduism #prayer #worship #lamp #light
The woman is beautiful. She is spinning cotton wicks for ceramic oil burners used in Hindu religious practice. This was shot in Thimi in the ceramic village.
#thimi #dyas #oilburner #cotton #hinduism #ceramics
Once a day for one hour I am going to put my pots aside to construct one sculpture study. Building momentum for when I return home. .
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#study #ceramics #mato #clay #pottery #terracotta #craft #maker #designermaker #sculpture #ceramicart #ceramic #keramik #coilpot #handmade #design #form
