Developing Ideas

These are some of the sculptures I've been working on recently. They are coil built, but as with much of my work, they could easily be slipcast and I think I'm headed that way. I am working on the solid forms now, so that the shape itself works, and then when I get them out of the mold I can play with the shapes of the openings. The one on the left came from another pot/sculpture I made years ago and have not finished (couldn't decide on glazing), so I decided to make another piece with an eel spine so that I could test glazing. The shark shape and the mouth seemed to fit, and then my sister observed that it would be interesting, while simpler, without the eel at all. For the slipcast forms I also plan to try out a technique I've been dying to use: water erosion. More on that when it happens.