Working again

Making pinched work everything seems to go so slowly - although I have been working for two days the work still barely fills one board...
In the rear: candlelight holders, in front, more salt pots for the Kunstindustrimuseums shop.

Drawings from Norway

I thought that I would paint watercolours on the trip to the fjørds of Western Norway, but the scale and the weight of the place meant it was just not watercolour country.
Instead I drew with a 4B pencil - the green pencil I was sent by The Clay Studio of Missoula last year for "Potsketch"...

Visit to Linda Lid - woodfire potter

On our recent trip to Norway we stayed a night with Linda Lid and Francois Eve near Voss.
Their studio, house and kiln are wonderfully situated on a hillside across the lake from the town of Voss.
Pictures of the rest of our journey can be seen here
//www.flickr.com/photos/woodfirer
under "Norway 09"













Huge jar, at least 24 inches tall.



Linda in front of her kiln with her daughter, Vanya.

NCECA Submission Completed and submitted!

Here in the bright and sunny early morning of the 3rd June I have completed and submitted my application with "Dogma Pinched Bowls" for the 2010 NCECA Invitational Exhibition!
In a few hours we are flying to Norway for a two week holiday.

Salt pots, woodfired

Salt pots, woodfired, originally uploaded by woodfirer.

Very small, pinched salt pots

Group of bowls

Group of bowls, originally uploaded by woodfirer.

I have been photographing these bowls to see if I can arrive at an acceptable result with my own eye and my own camera. It is a question of eliminating the shadows and having enough light where it is needed...
Somehow the professional photos I have had taken tend to be rather cold and reserved..