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Pottery => Studio Pottery => Topic started by: dantheman on September 16, 2007, 03:00:37 PM

Title: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on September 16, 2007, 03:00:37 PM
19 years ago i studied ceramics for a few months,this is the only survivor.
I was worried about the Gulf war at the time and quite depressed.
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010003-2.jpg)
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Anne on September 17, 2007, 12:57:30 AM
Dan, that's wonderful!  Hope you enjoy the ceramics course. We'll expect to see pictures as you go on... ;)
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on September 17, 2007, 09:07:52 AM
Gosh Dan, you have talent.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: josordoni on September 17, 2007, 01:04:06 PM
Very intricate Dan - was it slip moulded, or freehand pottery?
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on September 17, 2007, 01:48:20 PM
Thanks for those kind words everyone.
In answer to Anne and Lynne.
Of course i will post pic's and the teapot body was slab built and then carved and hand moulded as were the dice feet.
The spout and handle were both made in 2 halves so they are hollow.
It took two months to make but other projects ran alongside.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on September 24, 2007, 10:43:12 AM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010013-3.jpg)
My very first attempt at pottery,i was about 10 yrs old i think?
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on September 24, 2007, 11:00:18 AM
Ah Dan, that's so sweet, how did you silver it?
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on September 24, 2007, 11:22:32 AM
It's pewter glaze Sue,like Prinknash pottery.
The flash on my camera sent it silver.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on September 24, 2007, 11:25:35 AM
Still!, for a ten year old it's b***dy good!!
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on September 24, 2007, 11:29:10 AM
You know Sue, that's what i thought! LOL
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on September 24, 2007, 11:39:30 AM
When do you start your course? cant wait to see the first pot, and in a few years time i can say "i know him"
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on September 24, 2007, 11:57:16 AM
Tomorrow Sue,i will miss the next lesson though but Barcelona will be inspirational.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on September 24, 2007, 12:01:31 PM
Have a nice time Dan. and dont forget to take lot's of pics to post.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 04, 2007, 09:00:21 PM
i started my ceramics course,the tutor is the guy who makes "the best ever" Raku pots and is having an open day this month so i can watch the process (weather permitting) i will try to film it.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 09, 2007, 10:28:38 PM
I just got home from my 2nd lesson, my teacher is very good and has eased me back in to pottery.
I am seeing the line and curve very clearly now, whereas when i was 23 and potting,i had little apreciation of these attributes and dwelled on detail.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 10, 2007, 08:49:35 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010020-1.jpg)
Me in a year or two.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on October 11, 2007, 09:58:56 AM
Did you make that Dan?
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 11, 2007, 01:47:48 PM
Did you make that Dan?
No,it was an Oxfam find Sue.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: josordoni on October 11, 2007, 01:51:43 PM
oooh, he is nice... is he signed?
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on October 11, 2007, 02:17:16 PM
I like him too  ;D
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 11, 2007, 04:19:33 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/8e_2.jpg)
The tankard that i am making in my pottery class will hopefully be on the same lines as this fine example of studio design,i love the change of line in the body and the natural curve of the handle.
If it is a tenth of the quality here i will be happy.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 14, 2007, 07:41:48 PM
I went to the open day today,the weather was great and the Racu firing went ahead.Unfortunately there was no room to take pic's but it was a great day out and very educational.
Also lots of fun.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 15, 2007, 04:07:41 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010006-7.jpg)
(http://[[IMG]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010006-7.jpg)
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 15, 2007, 04:10:06 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010002-8.jpg)
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on October 15, 2007, 04:12:24 PM
That's really good Dan, and i like the funky wallpaper
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 15, 2007, 04:13:38 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010004-7.jpg)
This is one of the models that i am working on at the mo'. It will be a stylised bull when it's done.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 15, 2007, 04:16:33 PM
Thanks Su
That's really good Dan, and i like the funky wallpaper
Thanks Sue,on both counts.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 15, 2007, 04:20:44 PM
Looks a bit like a slug 'til i get the legs on!
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 18, 2007, 09:27:09 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010002-9.jpg)
The slug that grew legs
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on October 18, 2007, 10:08:45 PM
I do like tea pots,i once made a fat old troll with a tail that was a handle and a huge woody that was the spout.
He was well funny.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on November 04, 2007, 06:12:22 PM
My latest project,a tankard with ram's horn handle.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: josordoni on November 04, 2007, 08:59:34 PM
(http://)(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p146/4162lesley/P1010002-9.jpg)
The slug that grew legs
That is a very Murano Bull....

Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on January 25, 2008, 11:53:13 AM
I just picked this piece up from the collage,I made it last year.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on January 25, 2008, 11:54:12 AM
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Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on January 25, 2008, 11:55:47 AM
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Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on January 25, 2008, 11:57:35 AM
Finally
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: josordoni on January 25, 2008, 01:01:42 PM
Seriously though, I love the way the bottom makes the mouth.  Very artistic, reminds me of Edvard Munch's The Scream
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: Sue C on January 25, 2008, 01:04:09 PM
I was just thinking that Lynne, great minds eh?
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on January 25, 2008, 01:55:52 PM
Seriously though, I love the way the bottom makes the mouth.  Very artistic, reminds me of Edvard Munch's The Scream
Actually Lynne the mouth is the mouth of the vase.My favorite part is the sweeping curve of the brow.
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: josordoni on January 25, 2008, 02:00:29 PM
Oh, is the face upside down ?

I assumed it was an ornamental piece rather than a functional vase.  But I guess it could be displayed either way up?

Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: josordoni on January 25, 2008, 02:01:20 PM
If you had put a spout to the back of the head, the nose would have made a functional handle for a jug....
Title: Re: I just signed up for a ceramic course
Post by: dantheman on January 25, 2008, 03:45:41 PM
I used to have a very large,ceramic interpretation of the scream in my living room,the potter who made it gave it to me as a gift but then took it back again.
(She was as mad as a box of monkeys though.)