Merry Maori gifts

Made some Maori themed amulets as gifts for Christmas this year. Unglazed and burnished.

Merry Maori Paper

Merry Maori wrapping paper for Christmas this year

From hand printed paper, to...

hand made recycled gift bags!

December Kiln: 2015. I love my new green. It's different every time. This time everything green was double dipped. It's a really deep moss green with speckles.

 Some mugs. Matt brown. Various sizes and shapes. Nothing is the same here. Some stripes,

 some diagonals or spots. And the colors as the glaze breaks....

 is mesmerizing...

 A mozzy coil burner. Because everything should be beautiful.

 This one was designed for Turtle Spit.

 Beautiful; inside and out.

 A pair of bowls; matching in their color schemes of brown and green. One with fitted lid.

 The bowl on the left without textured concentric lines is so smooth and silky. The surface is like a crystal ball.

 Both a great size for serving curries. They will find their way to The Black Pearl.

 Here's a bit of Zen detail to ponder...

 Or meditate on the ripples circling out.

 Another set: Serving bowl and platter.

 The platter is perfectly round and the bowl is oval.

 The bowl has a high, open foot, so hot dishes can be safely served.

 Detail of glaze. Almost stingray patterned. Gold flecks on a dark background.

 Here's the edge of the platter.

 here's the glaze through the bowl hand-holds.

 This large platter (45 x 30 cm) has shell-like ripples

 and a deep sea milky-way at its heart.

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Side view.

Here you can see how the scolloped ripples reflect the light.

Variable sizes set of six tumblers...

My fave glaze combo...performing at its best.

Some have dimples, for better grip, and to catch the translucent glaze.

Detail of glaze breaks.

And another set of tumblers!

Because its what everyone wants.. The inside green was a happy surprise.

And there's no handles to break. So they travel well.

And I like these grip rings on the side... 

Castles in the air

 This organic, abstract sculpture has been painted with my Chumporn beach sand engobe.  Various coloured glazes over. And finally lots of air plants inserted all over it.

Tumblers

These tumblers were made to test out my new green glaze. One dip is very pale. Two dips is beautiful mossy green.

More mug shots

 These mugs have had an underglaze slip applied. I mixed course sand from our Chumporn beach into the colored engobe before bisque. The silica in the sand has melted. There Is not much texture but many colors

Ice bucket with tear drop.

Ok. It's a lot like another ice bucket I've made. But this one is in my own kiln with my own glaze.

 here is that tear drop.







 And look at the beautiful green glaze.

Mosquito coil burners

 a sand dollar and  brain coral inspired these very useful coil burners.
Inside is a serrated grid to rest the burning coil onto. You won't need to find those little annoying tin stands anymore.