The first form in these images is one of the forms that I referenced in my last posting as being a more simple and flowing direction of the folded vases. This particular one is Continental Clay's Grolleg Porcelain while the other was Continental Clay's B-Mix and so they will be fired accordingly. The bellied form being wood-fired with only the inside glazed and this one will be fired to gas to cone 10 if I can figure out how to salt glaze the piece without contaminating the kiln... three foot sagger perhaps?
While making it I payed very close attention to the shadows. I realize that the lighting will change depending on the pieces location but have done my best to take different lighting angles into consideration and keep it visually interesting from every angle. I have also payed close attention to creating a interesting silhouette from every angle (or so I hope).
The second vase is obviously much smaller with the intention of pursuing subtle strength. It is slightly influenced by my knuckled work from two years ago but to a much smaller extent. Whereas those pieces had contorted necks with many folds which created the imagery of intestines (I like the sound of knuckles better...), this has incorporated just one knuckle so as to not overburden the piece visually.
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