Working

Spending a stormy morning at home starting to tape off a custom wedding project.

Working

Ben was in the studio today to play with his new motion film camera and he managed to get a few shots of me working.

My heart still flutters a bit when I finish one of those paper bowls. My studio mate Sarah also uses gold leaf in her work so there are always little bits of gold all over the floor. I think if we had a studio mascot it would be gold leaf.

From a Doodle to a Draft

These days I spend most of my time in the ceramic studio building the same pieces over and over again. I actually enjoy the production work, but it's great to take some time to experiment with something new. Today I had a lot of fun working on a one-off piece and I thought it would be interesting to share the sketch and the resulting clay piece. I'm not sure if it will actually survive the next stages (drying, firing, glazing, firing, traveling home). Fingers crossed! At the very least, I think I've already come up with a simplified, more structurally sound version.

Big Goldie

It's a holiday, so naturally I spent the day working. I have been planning on making a large scale gold paper bowl for a while and today I finally did it! I wasn't sure how it would turn out; sometimes a lot of gold is just too much. Thankfully, I think I've got a keeper.