One of my favorite types of pots that I like to throw are very narrow necked vases and closed forms. This particular covered jar was thrown as a closed form. It’s a really easy way to make a covered jar because I just cut the lid off of the form, add a knob and voila! You can also make a covered jar by throwing the base and the lid separately, but it’s a little more tricky since a caliper is needed to get the correct dimensions for a good fit.
This is stoneware and is still in the green or leather-hard state. Once it’s bone dry, it will be ready to bisque fire. This is approximately 7″ tall with the knob and 5 1/2″ wide.
You may notice that I have changed the look of my blog. I have been taking an art marketing class with Alyson Stanfield the past 2 weeks and we are on the concept of “branding” oneself. I was just trying to line my blog up with my website for the time being. I realized my free website isn’t doing what I need it to do, so I am going to re-build my site either from scratch or teach myself how to use Adobe Golive and buy paid hosting. I have the Adobe Creative Suite loaded on my computer but have only really used Photoshop and Illustrator. This coming Saturday I’m also going to attend the Building Creative Business Expo organized by the city of Denver which should supplement my new found marketing knowledge quite nicely.
It’s all good, but learning about the business of art is keeping me from making a whole lot of art work. I’d be interested to hear how other artists get around to the business of marketing.
Tags: art marketing, covered jar, pottery
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