PLEIN AIR CLAY

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Countdown to new PLEIN AIR CLAY website!

Launching Monday, Aug 6
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New Orleans inspired
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Forgot I was posting old work 😅 doing too many things these days.

Porcelain, 2019
Thrown vessel manipulated and decorated with stamps, scalloping and glazed with a Mint Celadon.

The glaze is crawling in places which is likely due to the fact that I glazed this piece without having wiped off the dust beforehand- whoops!

Green Goddess
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If you can’t tell, I 🧡 green and blue. My wardrobe betrays me almost every day.

I go through phases of white versus brown clay bodies. Grog versus fine clay. The flared planter is a recent piece whereas the tumbler was thrown in New Orleans in 2017/18.

I still lived in NYC at the time, but decided to come try out a summer in Nola to see if I could “take the heat”.

I was at studio for 3 weeks and tried a local porcelain. Most of the work I made was given to the friends (who so graciously hosted me). I only kept a couple glazed and bisque pieces.

Technically, the tumbler is not a good example of my work but it serves as a reminder of that summer and my decision to move to New Orleans. It’s only appropriate that I dragged that bisqueware back down to Nola to be glazed at with a glaze that was actually a mistake 😂.
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1: Porcelain Tumbler with white satin glaze and blue-green gloss stripe 1inch from lip. Flared planter in warm brown eathenware, glazed with blue-green matte.
2: Tumbler and Planter; planter on side to see inside and drainage hole at bottom.
3: Tumbler and Planter: planter on side with bottom to camera- reveals warm brown earthenware with drainage hole at center.
4: Planter in background, hand holding Tumbler with bottom faced to camera. Trimmed foot and “handmade” stamped into base are visible.

Dish & Bowl (Fruit)
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1: Buff stoneware with fine misting of glaze. A play between rough clay and sparkly silica make this simple dish interesting visually and by hand-feel.
2: Angle to capture foot.
3: Warm earthenware bowl with milky, gloss glaze interior with a white crawl glaze bottom.
4: Detail of milky glaze, raw clay body and crawl glaze.