Posts Tagged 'stripes'



STYLIN’ Stand

The coconut confection, festive pics and kind words by fellow artist Janice Jakielski in her current blog post here could not be more timely! I began my last glaze-fire for 2010 on New Year’s Eve, which consequently became my first glaze-fire for 2011. The kiln-load of 62 consisted solely of cups and cake stands (and one ring-holder, but that’s a different story). I met Janice when I was the guest artist at Ayumi Horie‘s studio sale in October, and was thrilled when she had to have one of the first in my series of striped cake stands.  As I am about to shoot pics of the 12 newly unloaded *New Year* cake and cupcake stands (sans such a spectacular topper!), Janice’s post is the perfect teaser. A big thank you to her, and make sure to check out Janice’s beautiful and thoughtful work when you visit her site.
Stay tuned for stands to come!

PS: Pics of you enjoying your Kieffer pots are always a welcome treat!

The Year of the Stripe

I titled this post before remembering that 2010 is actually the year of the tiger in the Chinese zodiac.  A fitting animal for my very striped year!  The stripes and polka dots of layered color are another way for me to visually pop the pattern and draw the viewer’s eye around a form.  Plus, I’m having fun deriving influence from here.  In the last 10 years, my work has evolved from just ornate to (I hope) elegant, and now I’m entering my…joyful?…playful?…perky?…stage!

Most of these are —or soon will be!— listed in my Online Store for the holidays.

Fresh & Ready (Plates)

I’m setting out plates that are fresh from three kilns and getting ready to go to Ayumi’s Studio Sale this weekend. Thought you’d enjoy the array of stripes! See another plate pic here.

Serving Up Stripes


Brand new serving plates in three sizes and a variety
of sumptuous and striped colors! Some available for purchase here.

I throw each plate on the potter’s wheel, trim the foot and alter the rim, giving it some undulation. I also decorate the surface with sponged and trailed slip (the clay version of cake-decorating), swirls and dots of shallow texture and relief patterns. The stripes and/or large dots of color are underglazes and are finished by dipping into one of nine glossy glazes from my palette and fired in an electric kiln to cone seven. If you are a maker and would like to learn more about my and other surface decoration techniques, check out my instructional DVD here!

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