photo shoot

I have been reflecting recently on the ubiquitous professional photo that is everywhere in the ceramics field. You know what I’m talking about. It’s that gray-in-the-foreground-which-fades-to-black-background-thing. It kind of makes the pots look like they are floating in the middle of nowhere. The good thing about it, is that it is distractionless (when executed appropriately), and also that it’s so …

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lines of cups and creamers

In many ways, a potter’s wheel is a very limited tool: it only makes round things. But in another sense, there are endless possibilities of form. I am captivated by the wheel, by the rhythm of it. Today I was working on creamers and sugar jars for a “Tea for One” set I am making for my thesis show.

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