These are a couple of my favorite cups to come home and see, finally getting some time under the lights.

Two cups. 2006? Handbuilt of Tile6 slip over stoneware FCSI. Woo blu glaze. Soda fired to c.10. 6.5h, 3.5w, 3l.

I sent a few pieces to a call for entries, titled “Drawing on Experience”. While I have a history of drawing on clay, that may not be a medium anybody expected. Writing the statement of work was a wonderful and surprising experience.

The sky swirled all night around me; I lost track of who I was. 2007. Handbuilt of Tile6 over stoneware FCSI with incised drawing. Unglazed. Soda fired to c.10, reduction cooled. 1h, 14w, 10l.

These nesting bowls are my favorites - the flashing is lovely and the glaze runs are nothing short of amazing - and they’re endlessly useful. I’ve shown up with them at a friend’s house and filled them with fresh-cut melon to serve a crowd, taken fresh-baked cookies to work, enjoyed a salad, eaten ridiculously spicy homemade peanut noodles. Just to get the photos, I had to displace their cargo - bananas, this time. The big one holds two quarts of liquid, but there’s no need to fill them up: anything seems to look good on that glossy amber-black. Everyone should have a gorgeous set of big bowls because they’re good for everything.

Four temoku bowls. 2007? Handbuilt of BBSFAO over stoneware FCSI. Temoku glaze. Soda fired in reduction to c.10. To 11w, 9l, 4h.