I am still looking for a way to express my skills as a painter through my ceramic works.
Although it is so different, especially because I am most of the time preoccupied with the actual technique of creating the pots, finding the right slip, or the right glaze.
When I paint, I could see the results immediately, therefore, could alternate one color with another, add white to reduce dark color, or add some other colors to increase shadows and mystery. Most of my painting process is done by "thinking and visualization", thus my hands act as if they were a light tool or a brush of the mind.
In the pottery realm, my hands are like hard workers. They work, as does my whole body, in full power; my mind is busy thinking mathematically. How to do this or that correctly, how the glaze will come out of the kiln, what color would it be?
(all drawings are from a series called "The Book of Cells")
In the last few weeks I had the flu, like many others all over the world, but now I am back ready to learn and experiment again. Next week I have my first "selling" event. I am very excited. Especially because I am anxious to hear people's response to my work as a potter, for the first time…
Here are some pots from last month works:
Sgrafito technique, on Weiser Honey's Glaze mugs.
Egg Shell Glaze mugs made from buff clay.
Dark Brown (Laguna wc 391) clay bowls, decorated with white slip (Val Cushing's recipe)
