I don't work big too often. I remember when I was a student "work bigger!" said the instructors and other macho student types were like "OH I can make a pot bigger than a hippo!" and I might say "I can make a hippo." A little one, anyhow!
I have made pots and shown them here that are nearly 2 feet tall. They are sitting in the studio with BIG price tags...no takers yet, which is fine, because I like them :)
But, you know, I like the cute little things, my kiln is small, and I dig making cute little gems, as you hear me say, especially cute little teapots.
The pic below shows a very large bowl on my head that just came out of the kiln AND it may be hard to tell, a very tall jar, just made at the left of the picture.
I was like "I open a box of spaghetti, boil some up, then set the rest back on the shelf. Every time I reach up there half of the noodles try to slide out. I could buy a tall glass jar for the counter to hold spaghetti ......OR....!!!!".
Make a tall and narrow spaghetti jar for myself....I made this, and it IS cute...but then later I checked it against actual spaghetti....which turns out to be dissappointingly taller than I thought! I don't think this will be big enough, RATS.
I shall make another...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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7 comments:
Big blue bowl is gorgeous...and you can always turn it over and shield your brain from alien mind reading rays.
Maybe you could put rigatoni in it and then make a taller one for long spaghetti....it could be the "over the shoulder noodle holder" collection
I LIKE THE BIG BOWL! (had to put that in big letters)
I think Trudy's idea is a good one!
I LIKE THE BIG BOWL TOO! You know I have a thing for bowls. Very, very tempting.
I think there may be a story in there somewhere.....Gary and the Big Blue Bowl! I like the spaghetti
jar.....but how is it that spaghetti always seems to grow taller once it's out of the box?
!!! :-)
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