Gecko Teapot

Large Urn

The making of a large urn by handbuilding and wheelwork at Sydney Uni Ceramics Dungeon.

Drying out with a blowtorch for stability

Throwing the top 

Sanding the ribs of the pot and adding handles

The final pot. Note the naked clay lady giving birth.

Final piece glazed with... a thousand glazes!

My next Dali sculpture

Im going to try to make a very light (hollow) elephant with a little candle holder on top and spindle legs that have to be joined after firing - with Araldite of course. I love the idea of having a dainty elephant sculpture in my house.

New Wheel

 I decided it was time to get myself the wheel I have been wanting for years. Venco Direct Drive Wheel - with standup kit so I can make large pots again!
http://www.venco.com.au/wheels/directdrive.htm

Small Urn / Vase

Coral Bowl

This is a simple form made by placing the straight edge of a wooden rib on the near vertical edge of a nice large sized bowl, and angling a flat plane to the width you desire.

The glazing is the special part. I used a cerulean blue with an overcoat of a translucent pearl that is known to run a bit so it merged together to form an appearance that resembles the look of coral through glistening ocean from a plane.

Man who tears open the world

I made this sculpture thinking about the kind of man I want to meet.  I had inspiration from Salvador Dali's painting "Geopoliticus Child watching the Birth of the New Man". You see and read more about the painting on another website.

I made the sculpture by throwing two identical ovate pots and joining them together. I then made the man and cut a crack in the 'egg' to have him break out. I rolled a very thin porcelain sheet for the plate it sits on and used an upturned bowl as the pedestal.