OK, a couple of things, right? First "Gary, you said you CLEANED your basement this month...but look at that MESS!". I cannot disagree, but the thing is this: imagine how messy it was BEFORE. My glaze materials remain sprawled all over. I mix glazes in the basement and store clay there. You can enter from the studio down some stairs or also through a door straight out to the back yard. I can mix glazes with the door open and then hose off the messy equipment in the yard. I hate mixing glazes, but love to glaze, so you endure, right? Even with all the SPIDERS in our 149 year old basement...
Then you have this teapot! Pretty, hmm? 3 things about it:
1) I think I need to be careful about decorations all this way and that, I am in the mood to simplify these sorts of things, despite my instinct to decorate the hell out of stuff.
2) This handle? Isn't it a lovely cane handle? I have told you I keep a box of 2 dozen+ handles for teapots, and then choose a nice match when the teapot is ready. I have had this one nearly 20 years, and whereas there is usually some fiddling to make a good fit, this handle slipped on like Cinderella's slipper... all those years, waiting for the perfect teapot!
3) speaking of glaze, I may (or may NOT!) have a nice upgrade to this pretty celadon glaze....that is one thing I was doing down in the basement...
Have a great Tuesday!
(new teapot by Gary Rith)
love this little teapot....and i hate mixing glazes too....except when it's small batches and it's for testing...that i don't mind at all :)
ReplyDeletei have no idea what just happened....my comment just seemed to disappear...:P
ReplyDeleteanyway, just to say i love this little teapot...and mixing glazes is definitely a huge pain in the arse, except when it's small batches for testing a new one...that's kinda fun :)
LOVE THE GLAZE and love the teapot!
ReplyDeleteNice teapot! I think the carving is just right and aren't you glad you have a pack rat gene? The handle is perfect!
ReplyDeleteMissed Teapot Tuesday last week; I'll try to get something up this week!
The one thing I like about mixing glazes is I can do my Darth Vader voice when I put on the respirator. Otherwise, I'm with you. The glazes and your technique really enhance the style of throwing and decorating you do. My mother-in-law nearly "appropriated" my favorite mug by you (we'll talk more about that later).
ReplyDeleteI really like that celadon. So soft and pretty.
ReplyDeleteI am with you on the glaze mixing... messy and then the whole mask thing. UGH.
Love that tea pot! What I wouldn't give to have a basement again...messy or otherwise.
ReplyDelete" I think I need to be careful about decorations all this way and that, I am in the mood to simplify these sorts of things, despite my instinct to decorate the hell out of stuff."
ReplyDeleteBoy do I understand that! It's an ADD thing, fight it if you must. I used to paint furniture.. And would end up with more squiggles and swirls than you could shake a stick at!
Ifs hard to reign it in sometimes. You don't need to worry. Your pottery is always in the best of taste with just enough swirls!