Colorado Art Studio

Click on any image to enlarge photos and to scroll through the album.  The covered boxes are hand built using either white stoneware or porcelain clays and are fired to cone 6 in oxidation.  The boxes with texture were printed with linocuts, and the ones with images were hand painted using black underglaze on bisqued work.  Knobs are either sculpted or made using plaster molds I’ve made from found objects.  The hand painted boxes are very labor intensive and I’m experimenting with using ceramic decals made using my original artwork I am scanning into my computer and printing onto decal paper.

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Click on any image to enlarge photos and to scroll through the album.  The vases are hand built, wheel thrown, or a combination of both using either white stoneware or porcelain clays and are fired to cone 6 in oxidation, unless otherwise noted.  The hand-built vases are either printed with an original lino-cut or found textures.

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Relief printed hand built stoneware mugs

I meant to write a blog post yesterday or this morning, but my flash image uploader in my wordpress dashboard wasn’t working and I was forced to upload one photo at a time.  Quelle horreur!  Stomping my feet impatiently and yelling at my laptop didn’t seem to solve anything.  So, today, I did a little computer clean up and also investigated the image problem.  After perusing the WP support forum, I discovered that the new version of Adobe Flash 10 is not compatible (apparently this will be fixed with the next release of WP) - so I had to roll Adobe Flash back to version 9.  What a pain - but, I’m happy to say that my uploader is now working fast and properly so here I am writing this post at 8:40pm on a Monday night.

Relief printed frog stoneware covered box

Sales were good at last weekend’s Colorado Potters Guild Sale.  I really wasn’t sure if they would be given the economy right now.  Maybe folks are feeling a little more hopeful with the election results?  I sold quite a bit of my new work and even some older work that doesn’t quite match what I making now.  Out of 35 mugs, I took home 5 (deservedly so - I will be reglazing them this week).   I love getting this kind of feedback!

Lots of folks remembered my covered boxes from the spring sale and were asking where I hid them.  I only had about 5 and came home with 0.  I meant to make a bunch of boxes for the sale and just plain ran out of time.  I accepted a couple of special orders for boxes at the CPG sale that I’m going to start working on this week at a leisurely pace.  These aren’t something that I can rush - they take time and careful consideration depending on the theme.

Hybrid mugs - hand built and wheel thrown

People really liked my new mugs - good thing since I like making them!  The relief printed ones in the top image of this post were the first to go, I guess that means that I should really make more of these in the future and also expand my lino-cuts.  I haven’t committed to any more sales events before the holidays - something about which I’m happy.  I plan to continue exploring shapes and different ideas and will also stock up my Etsy shop, which is currently empty.

Hybrid vases

I like the vases - but need to refine them just a bit more.  They would also make a good sized pitcher if I added a spout and handle.

Meanwhile, I spent yesterday reading and commenting on my favorite blogs since I hadn’t had the time to do so the week leading up to my sale.  It feels good to get back to a normal routine.  I know my family has enjoyed having me back. 

The good news is that I have a full kiln load of glazed work that I didn’t get fired in time for the sale which will help fill my Etsy shop.  As soon as I reglaze the mugs, I’ll push the start button.  This week I’m also going to start adding images to my gallery page - I’d say it’s about time, wouldn’t you?

Have a great week,

~Cynthia

I am working on my website and will finally finish adding photos to my gallery page - hopefully by 1/6/09.

Click on any image to view the work in a particular album.

Bowls 22 Photos	Mugs and Cups 33 Photos	Vases 28 Photos	Pitchers 7 Photos