Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Bowls

PEDESTALED BOWLS
Three bowls with open curved feet, glazed in turquoise and multiple green. The pedestals give presence to the bowls and also function to facilitate stacking.
Made of stoneware, as is all of our functional work, therefore dishwasher safe--and the open foot avoids water pooling in the foot in the dishwasher!
The dimensions of these three bowls are 7" x 12 ½" x 12 ½", 5 ½" x 10" x 10" and 4 ½" x 8" x 8"
We also make mixing bowls and soup/cereal bowls without the pedestals as well as other glazes, such as the Colorado Columbine brushwork, Aspen Leaves, Royal Blue and Honey Gold.

Galleries and Gift shops that carry our work

We'll be traveling until May of 2010. You can follow our travel blog at www.taquilefriends.blogspot.com
To find our work in the meantime, our pottery is sold at the following Colorado Galleries:
Earthen Vessel -- 115 W 9th St -- Durango -(970) 247-1281
Blue Sage Gallery-- Grand Avenue, Paonia
Handworks -- 302 Elk Avenue -- Crested Butte -(970) 349-6731
Munson's Main Street Galley -- 260 West Main Street -- Cedaredge -(970) 856-6070
Working Artists' Gallery -- 520 Main Street -- Grand Junction -(970) 256-9952
Max'ims of Greely -- 818 9th Street -- Greeley - (970) 352-9341
Max'ims of Estes Park -- 513 Big Thompson Avenue -- Estes Park -(970) 586-6546

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Examples of slip-painted work

Tara decorates much of her wheel-thrown work using stencils or natural objects to resist pigmented clay, painting around the objects to create surface textures and adding details with sgraffito technique (scratching off the slip to reveal the lighter colored clay body underneath).

Top: 11 oz mug showing mountains. The other side could be decorated with a variety of wildlife of muscle-powered sports figures. and a 17 oz stein with a moose.

Hummingbird design on a round platter with handles, 11 ½" diameter.

Oval Platter with Elk and Hawk with Mountains and Aspen Forest. 14" x 11" x 2"
The oval platters have an attached foot ring and hanging wire so they can be hung on the wall as well as used for serving food. The raised foot lifts the platter off the table to function as a handle.

Pie plate with Brown Aspen Leaf design, 10" diameter.
Real leaves are used to resist the pigment and the veins are painted in after the plate is dry.

Spoon rest with Hawk and Mountains, 5"

Cranes dancing and flying on a round platter, about 11" diameter


All work is dishwasher, oven and microwave safe.

Chip and Dip/ Pasta Bowl sets


Three examples of Chip and Dip/Pasta Bowl sets.
The large bowls are approximately 3 ½" x 12" x 12" and the accessory bowls are 2" x 6".
The top right is in multiple green glaze and shows the opening of the curved, pedestaled foot as it appears sitting on the table with and the dip bowl in the center as it would traditionally be used. The lower left, in the honey gold glaze reveals the detail of the curved foot from the bottom and the hanging wire. The Hummingbird design is "painted" with pigmented clay slip and this view shows how the rims are altered from round with small indentations around the rim. Each comes with an accessory bowl, which is also a nice size for desserts. The upright inner curve of the big bowl is traditional for serving pasta.

This form is available in various glazes: cobalt blue, columbine brushwork, and other slip-work figures, such as Elk and Mountains and Aspen Leaves.