Functional List

Here is a list of the items that we will try to make this week and in the next few weeks.

Honey pots, garlic keepers, small medium and large lidded jars, jewelry holders, tea bowls/cups, soap/lotion dispenser, orchid planters, planters, berry bowls, butter dishes, butter bells, soap dishes, toothbrush holders, tumblers, mugs, spoon rests, utensil holders, prep bowls, pet dishes, yarn bowls, wall planters, and fruit bowls (large bowls).

That’s everything we’ve come up with so far, if you can think of anything else or of anything you would like us to make let us know.  Well I’m headed to the studio for today, and tomorrow the World (aquarium that is).

Accoutremon

The other day we ordered some items to accessorize our pottery, and 

it came in!  We ordered some honey dippers

 

and some lotion/soap pumps.

We have already made some honey pots and just needed these dippers to complete the look.  Here are a few of our newly adorned honey pots.  Look for them in our Etsy Store!

The soap/lotion pumps will be used in future bottles.  We couldn’t make them in advanced like the honey dippers because we didn’t know what size to make the opening on top.  Now that we do I’ve made a few soap bottles, so now we are waiting to see if I made the openings big enough.  The clay we are using shrinks about fifteen percent from the throwing stage to the finished product.  I’m sure there’s some sort of maths that would help us know what size to make them but I like to fly by the seat of my potters wheel.  So we will see how it goes.  Today was a half day in the studio, we went to pick up more clay from the City, and had some good Pho.  Keturah has a book discussion to go to tonight, but I will be back in the studio after dinner to finish up a few things before calling it a night.  Tomorrow will be a full day in the studio, then we both have classes to go to in the evening.  And Wednesday we are heading down to Dallas to go to the aquarium and hang out with some good friends!

Week Off

So we both took this week off in hopes that we would be able to work a bunch in the studio, and do some other things we were wanting to do (like go to the Dallas World Aquarium, and a Side Show Themed Party).  Today is the second day of our week and it’s off to a good start, I got in the studio and threw about fifty or so things this morning.  Keturah went to devotions this morning, but when she gets back she is going to carve some handles, an Owl-y Bank, and maybe put some feet on some big bowls.  Hopefully we will have a lot of pictures to show for this week.  I’m also hoping to post quite a few blogs, and get a bunch of stuff up on our Etsy store.   Tomorrow we are going to the City (Oklahoma City that is) and get some more clay, have some good Pho, and then get home and back in the studio to do some more work.  We are focusing on functional work this week, so if you have any ideas for something you’d like us to make just let us know and we will give it a go.   As for right now it’s lunch time!