Vinca Bowl

This is my hand built porcelain Vinca bowl. This lovely waxy leaved vine covers the ground around my house in the shady areas year round - and sprouts periwinkle blossoms in the Spring. I decided to try a red under glaze rather than painting it the natural deep green color of the leaves.

Vinca Plate

I decided to make a set of plates with vinca which covers my property in the shady areas. They all broke in transit to the pottery studio except for one. Porcelain is very fragile in it's green state yet much tougher than stoneware when it's high fired. I learned a lesson on this one. But that's the beauty of clay - much like life, unpredictable and you never know how things will turn out at the end. These are the before and after images of the plate.

Echinacea bowls

Summer now gone and Fall passing quickly, I decided to take my favorite garden plants and make porcelain pottery pieces that will remind me of them always. So I started with the pink coneflowers (echinacea) and made these pots while on vacation last month in New Hampshire. I regret glazing them after this photo because the starkness of the white made them so nice. Glazing is not like painting because you never know what you'll get in the end. Once I reglaze them, I'll post the final results.